VISTA 2017 - News

Goalball

The 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships will take place from 30 June – 5 July in Espoo, Finland.

Sochi 2014

Top ranked riders, including Evan Strong, Amy Purdy and Mike Shea, named to first ever para-snowboard team for Sochi 2014.

Wheelchair Tennis

France’s Stephane Houdet and the USA’s David Wagner took part in the Davis Cup activities to promote wheelchair tennis.

Rio 2016

At just the age of 16 Zahraa Al-Maliki impressed at the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships with a gold and new Asian senior and juniors record lift.

Alpine Skiing

Russia’s Alexey Bugaev returns to his early season form and Italy’s Alessandro Daldoss adds wins to his World Cup campaign in giant slalom races in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Rio 2016

Reigning 400m freestyle world and Paralympic champion Silverman provisionally shaves 0.15 seconds off SM10 world record at national competition in Richmond, USA.

Sochi 2014

Six alpine skiers and three snowboarders are heading to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games for Australia.

Sochi 2014

The Balkan nation will compete in alpine skiing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Sochi 2014

Races scheduled for Abtenau, Austria, will now take place in Italy from 9-10 February.

Sochi 2014

London 2012 was a gold rush for Serbia, who have never won a medal at a Paralympic Winter Games

Rio 2016

Delegation in charge of visit to site of 2016 Paralympic Games leaves comfortable with progress.

Sochi 2014

With a new coach but an experienced lineup, can the Czech Republic medal for the first time at Sochi 2014?

Alpine Skiing

Nominees for the award include: Alena Kaufman, Shingo Kunieda, Roman Petushkov, Markus Salcher, Anna Schaffelhuber and Mike Shea.

Cross-Country Skiing

Organisers have implemented a range of innovative solutions to ensure the weather does not interfere with the Games.

Sochi 2014

After ups and downs due to injury, the Norwegian sledge hockey forward hopes to keep his team’s medal streak alive.

Sochi 2014

The Asian country’s strength will lie in cross-country skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

Denmark will be hungry to bring back the glory days of the 1990s when they drew in their winter medals.

Rio 2016

More than 30 million items will need to be delivered to Rio for the 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Equestrian

The para-equestrian champion was one of 35 Paralympians named to the Australia Day honours list.

Athletics

With just 200 days to go until the start of the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships, Swansea 2014 has launched its drive to recruit 1,000 volunteers.