Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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German standing skier hoping it will be third-time lucky for the gold that has eluded her at the past two Paralympic Winter Games.

Michael Bruegger

The Swiss skier is 31-years-old heading into his third Paralympic Games in Sochi, and talks about the intense competition now faced by para-alpine skiers and increases in the quality of the field since his first Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998.

2014 Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame inductess graphic

Find out which two athletes and which coach will be inaugurated during the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Anti-Doping Laboratory

Denis Petrenko was taking a prescribed medication in a therapeutic dose under the care of a physician, however, failed to obtain a Therapeutic Use Exemption

Sarah Will is USA's most successful Paralympic athlete at Winter Games.

Find out more about the history of largest delegation of athletes heading to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Screenshot Google Hangout

As part of the IPC’s digital strategy, fans will get a chance to engage directly with Paralympians.

Dariusz Pender

With the first major event of the 2014 wheelchair fencing calendar completed, the rankings indicate the established performers are in for another strong year.

Australia's Mitch Gourle

Opening Ceremony to be screened together with daily highlights show, whilst other events will be streamed live.

A picture of a woman holding a torch and speaking on a microphone.

Events on Thursday took place in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Magadan and Anadyr.

Olena Iurkovska

Ukraine made its Paralympic Winter Games debut at the 1998 Nagano Games and has featured in all Games since

Patrick McDonald

The American skip, a war veteran and collector of tattoos, is eager to give the USA their first Paralympic medal in wheelchair curling.

Nominees for the 2014 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award

France’s Marie Bochet and the USA’s Tatyana McFadden - two athletes who will compete at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games - have been announced on a shortlist of six athletes for the prestigious 2014 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.

Ilka Tuomisto

Historically, the Finnish have been one of the most successful countries in Nordic skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games.

Australian skier

One week after the sad passing of Matthew Robinson, Kane won the super-combined World Cup Finals title in Travisio.

A picture of a woman holding a torch and speaking on a microphone.

The Torch Relay will visit 46 Federal Districts in Russia and Stoke Mandeville.

Marcel Hug

The Swiss Silver Bullet held on as Thailand’s Prawat Waharam smashed the Asian record.

Greg Westlake

The Canadians are looking to sweep the ice hockey events at this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Walid Ktila of Tunisia

The third day of competition at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix saw one world and six regional records broken as a new British talent emerged

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Thirty of the world’s top athletes will record exclusive video blogs at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

A picture of a woman skiing on the slopes

Aleksandra Frantceva and Inga Medvedeva claim two victories each in downhill events at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Tarvisio, Italy.