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Nordic skiing Worlds to be streamed live
The 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships will take place in Finsterau, Germany, from 10-19 February with 135 athletes from 25 countries competing.
![Group picture with skiers and man in wheelchair](/sites/default/files/images/170123154300864_Agitos_Liski.jpg)
POCOG, Agitos Foundation support more than 30 NPCs with winter sport equipment
Nations across four regions received alpine skiing and snowboarding equipment with aims to develop winter Para sports.
![Ukraine's Ihor Reptyukh was successful in the men's long distance biathlon standing at Cable 2015.](/sites/default/files/images/150130230836988_Ihor%2BReptyukh%2BCable%2B2015.jpg)
Three reasons why Ihor Reptyukh loves skiing
Ukraine’s Sochi 2014 cross-country silver medallist has not looked back since swapping athletics for Para Nordic skiing.
Anja Wicker seeks glory on home soil
Germany’s Paralympic biathlon champion Anja Wicker is training hard towards her home World Championships in Finsterau, from 10-19 February.
![Martin Fleig of Germany competes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/140617094706425_SOC_20140314_LP_0117_WEB.jpg)
Martin Fleig wins first race of the year
The German secured his first World Cup win in biathlon after two years, in Western Center, Ukraine, on 20 January.
![Andrea Eskau Oberstdorf](/sites/default/files/images/140118210640262_18_01_Oberstdorf_Nordic_WC_2014_00017_WEB.jpg)
Eskau sweeps cross-country World Cup
Ukraine also picked up five more home victories at the Western Center.
![Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine](/sites/default/files/images/161206112837805_GettyImages-479034701_0.jpg)
Ukraine’s Shyshkova back in top form at home
The Ukrainian secured her fourth cross-country World Cup win of the season on Sunday (15 January), after losing out in the middle distance classic.
![Oleksandra Kononova competing at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games](/sites/default/files/images/120209170123015_97924037_10.jpg)
Ukrainian skiers stand out at home World Cup
The host country’s Para Nordic skiers won two golds, three silvers and four bronzes in Western Center.
Para Nordic skiing Worlds mascot gets a name
The name was selected after a competition on social media.
![Ukraine's Ihor Reptyukh was successful in the men's long distance biathlon standing at Cable 2015.](/sites/default/files/images/150130230836988_Ihor%2BReptyukh%2BCable%2B2015.jpg)
Reptyukh prepares for “most difficult route in Europe”
The Ukrainian biathlon Individual world champion hopes home advantage will count at the Western Center World Cup.
![Female skier looks exhausted on the snow.](/sites/default/files/images/140617095112867_SOC_20140314_LP_0487_WEB.jpg)
New venue in Ukraine to stage second World Cup
Western Center will host the last World Cup before the Finsterau 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, from 13-20 January.
![Oleksandra Kononova of Ukraine](/sites/default/files/images/140314153251333_478581623_0.jpg)
A proud moment for Ukraine’s Kononova
The multiple world champion Nordic skier relishes her home World Cup debut and looks to the World Championships.
![Maksym Yarovyi of Ukraine competes in the men's 15km sitting Para cross-country skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/images/161201110953857_Maksym%2BYarovyi%2Bof%2BUkraine%2Bc.jpg)
Yarovyi candid about season hopes ahead of World Cup
Ukraine’s world champion Maksym Yarovyi also hopes his home World Cup will be the first of many.
Ukraine’s Bui looks to home Nordic skiing World Cup
The young Ukrainian wants to show her best form in front of a home crowd when the circuit comes to her country for the first time.
![Maksym Yarovyi of Ukraine competes in the men's 15km sitting Para cross-country skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/images/161201110953857_Maksym%2BYarovyi%2Bof%2BUkraine%2Bc.jpg)
Three reasons why Maksym Yarovyi loves skiing
The Ukrainian biathlon sprint world champion shares three quick-fire reasons why he loves Nordic skiing ahead of the defense of his title in February.
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Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – December 2016
The public has until 13 January to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
Monthly preview: January 2017
Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.
![The mascot for the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships is a lynx](/sites/default/files/images/161221164041117_Finsterau%2BMascot_0.jpg)
Help name the mascot of Finsterau 2017
The organisers of the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships have revealed that a lynx will be an ambassador for the competition.
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Finland’s Pyy: Why I love cross-country skiing
In the build-up to the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, Sini Pyy gives us an insight into her love of the sport.
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Medals revealed for Para Nordic skiing Worlds
Between 10-19 February 180 gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to cross-country skiers and biathletes in Finsterau, Germany.