The announcement was made during the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships taking place in Big White, Canada.
Snowboard
The World Championships concluded with banked slalom, as Maxime Montaggioni won the men’s SB-UL category with his final run.
Snowboard
The Austrian said silver in snowboard-cross might actually be an advantage heading into banked slalom competition.
Athletics
With the athletics season starting to get underway, here are 10 world marks that could be toppled in the coming months.
Cross-Country Skiing
The Ukrainian visually impaired skier plans to make 2017 her year having missed out on the top step on the podium at the last three editions.
America
Jose Luis Campo will seek re-election as Americas Paralympic Committee President; Vice-president and three members will also be chosen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 18 March.
Wheelchair Fencing
Victory in Hungary would make crowd favourite Zsuzsanna Krajnyak world No.1 in the women’s foil category A ahead of China’s Rio 2016 champion Jing Rong.
Cross-Country Skiing
The Canadian has high hopes for his season, despite being hospitalised for the first races.
Para Ice Hockey
Canada, Norway, South Korea and hosts Italy will compete in Torino ahead of the 2017 World Championships.
Blind Football
IBSA also released an unofficial Spanish translation of the new rules.
The Latvian was the fastest in all four runs in monobob to claim gold at the second edition of the event in St Moritz, Switzerland, on 5 February.
Slovenia
The National Paralympic Committee and athletes met with government officials to discuss a new law which will help Para sport be recognised as equal.
Snowboard
Unfavorable conditions and taking a season off did not slow down Brenna Huckaby at Big White 2017. She willl now go for gold in banked slalom.
Snowboard
The Dutch athlete will serve another two-year term on World Para Snowboard’s Sport Technical Committee.
Athletics
With July’s World Championships on the horizon, find out who the youngsters to look out for are this season.
Para Ice Hockey
It has been a rough road to PyeongChang 2018 so far for South Korea’s Para ice hockey squad, but Seung-Hwan Jung wants to change that.
Snowboard
The Dutch athlete will attempt to defend her first of two world gold medals as snowboard-cross begins.
Cross-Country Skiing
As one of Germany’s top Nordic skiers, Fleig is preparing for his home World Championships in Finsterau from 10-19 February.
PyeongChang 2018
The hospitality offering of NPC Germany will be located at the Birch Hill Golf Club.
Snowboard
Bibian Mentel-Spee retains snowboard-cross title, while Mike Minor wins first World Championship gold medal.
