VISTA 2017 - News

Sailing

Races in the 2.4mR and Sonar classes will be held at the World Cup in Miami, USA.

Para Ice Hockey

South Korea and Russia will play for the bronze medal.

Swimming

Organisers of the competition in Madeira, Portugal, are offering tickets to download to celebrate 100 days to go to the Championships.

Alpine Skiing

Olympic and World Championships medallist and World Cup winners will attend the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup which gets underway on Friday (22 January).

The Polish T54 wheelchair racer tested positive for steroids following an out-of-competition test in July.

PyeongChang 2018

POCOG called upon to raise awareness of winter para-athletes, sports.

Para Ice Hockey

Canada will face South Korea in the semi-finals of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Goalball

The ranking tournament will feature teams that already qualified for the Paralympic Games.

Wheelchair Tennis

The Belgian upset No. 1 men’s singles player Kunieda in the year-end Masters to land the honour.

USA

The Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, will feature 1,000 athletes competing in 12 sports.

Powerlifting

A series of Americas Championships gold medallists and lifters from around the world will get the chance to compete in the venue for the upcoming Paralympics.

Australia

The Australian Paralympic Foundation is the new fundraising division of the APC.

Snowboard

Finnish snowboard-cross world champion is working harder than ever during the 2015-16 World Cup season.

Sitting Volleyball

The historic deal between World ParaVolley and Blue Mountains Natural Spring Water will support the last qualifying event for Rio 2016: the 2016 World ParaVolley Intercontinental.

Wheelchair Tennis

Many wheelchair tennis players made their 2016 debut at the Super Series tournament in Sydney, Australia.

Rio 2016

Canoe will debut at the Paralympics in Rio. Here are five questions to think about as the Games come closer.

Rio 2016

With Rio 2016 fast approaching we look at which world records could fall in Paralympic year.

Athletics

Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm will take on Olympic champion Greg Rutherford at the world’s number one indoor athletics grand prix

Para Ice Hockey

Canada blanks South Korea, the US edge Russia on day two of tournament play. Preliminary rounds wrap up 20 January for first-place slot.

Alpine Skiing

The Russian posted the fastest run in the men’s giant slalom standing to take first on day two of the World Cup.