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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Sochi 2014

The awards, presented in partnership with Allianz, will recognise achievements from the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games and will be awarded in November.

A picture of two mens in sledges fighting for the puck during a hockey match
Para Ice Hockey

Sochi 2014 gold medallist says that although US ice sledge hockey team is physically stronger ahead of the World Championships it is lacking some experience

Anna Schaffelhuber
Sochi 2014

Find out how the winner of five Paralympic gold medals at a single Paralympic Winter Games goes about preparing for competition.

Heinrich Popow
Germany

Forty six German para-athletes have been included in the Top Team which provides funding for their preparation for the Rio 2016 and PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics.

Ellie Simmonds is appealing for home-crowd support at Glasgow 2015.
Swimming

Celebrating six months to go until the 2015 IPC Swimming Worlds, the competition schedule has been published.

Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel
Alpine Skiing

Men’s Sochi 2014 medallists recreate podium at the para-snowboard World Cup as Heidi Jo Duce and Nicole Roundy are also amongst those to finish in the top three.

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Wheelchair Fencing

The public has until Monday 19 January to cast their vote from the six candidates.

Dave Hill was presented a PNZ Order of Merit for his Services to New Zealand Paralympic Sport.
New Zealand

Hill has been involved in para-sport since the mid-seventies and was Chef de Mission of the New Zealand team at 1992 Paralympic Games.

Canads's Brad Bowden and the USA's Josh Sweeney race for the puck during Sochi 2014.
Para Ice Hockey

Reigning champions Canada will be joined by Russia, South Korea and the USA from 1-7 February.

Els-Britt Freijd, who was instrumental in developing wheelchair dance sport, passed away on 28 December aged 78.
Para dance sport

Els-Britt Freijd, who was instrumental in developing wheelchair dance sport, passed away on 28 December aged 78.

Chuck Aoki
Wheelchair Rugby

US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki has come up with his list of must see events in 2015.

Natalia Partyka of Poland
Table Tennis

Who are the six athletes to look out for as we edge closer to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games?

female athlete in a sit ski propelling herself forward
Cross-Country Skiing

The host country of Cable 2015 have named nine athletes, including Sochi 2014 medallists Tatyana McFadden and Oksana Masters.

Tracey Ferguson
Wheelchair Basketball

The 12 athletes now aim to represent Canada’s at August’s Parapan American Games where a top three finish will qualify them for Rio 2016.

Women on cross country ski in action on the track
Cross-Country Skiing

Showing an incredible passion for Nordic skiing, Ukrainian biathlon world champion Iryna Bui reveals more about herself ahead of the 2015 World Championships.

Patrick McDonald
Wheelchair Curling

World Wheelchair Curling Championships will take place in Finland between 7-14 February 2015.

Seven people tried ice sledge hockey at a demonstration event organised by the Croatian NPC in December 2014.
Para Ice Hockey

With the help of 12 sledges, the Croatian Paralympic Committee and Ottobock Adria launched a recruitment drive to find ice sledge hockey players.

A spectacular view of with Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio 2016

Ben Lucas impressed by the scale of work around the city as South America prepares to stage its first Paralympic Games.

Valerii Redkozubov of Russia
Alpine Skiing

On the final day of the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina, Spain, two Russian skiers completed the perfect week in slalom races.

A woman in a wheelchair hits a tennis ball as a backhand.
Wheelchair Tennis

The players who will compete in the first wheelchair tennis Grand Slam of the year have been named with Japan’s Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji the headliners.