PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sochi 2014

The country will have a strong representation in the team sports, as they are set to take part in both wheelchair curling and ice sledge hockey.

The development arm of the IPC, the Agitos Foundation, has launched a worldwide search for previously undiscovered stories, projects and programmes it is calling ChangeMakers, in order to celebrate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.

Alpine Skiing

Para-snowboarder crticially injured after race accident in La Molina, Spain.

Para Ice Hockey

In one of the country’s largest parks, members of the Czech Republic’s Sochi 2014 team put on sport demonstrations for the public.

Wheelchair Basketball

Paralympic champions Pat Anderson and David Eng of Canada are among the 20 wheelchair basketball players taking part in the event.

Sochi 2014

There’s no doubt that cross-country skiing is Finland’s strongest sport, but will they get a look-in against Russia’s greatest team?

Representatives from 13 countries have attended new Organisational Capacity Programme workshops delivered by the Agitos Foundation and IPC Academy.

Sochi 2014

Great Britain will send a team of 11 athletes and three guides to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Powerlifting

Great Britain’s Ali Jawad shares why he considers himself a massive underdog heading into April’s IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

Sochi 2014

Great Britain’s visually impaired skier Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans have had a successful season so far, and aim to translate that into the first ever gold for her country at a Winter Paralympics.

Triathlon

The first of nine World Para-Triathlon Series events this year will take place in Elwood, Australia.

Alpine Skiing

The USA’s Mike Shea and the Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel-Spee ran away with the overall IPCAS Snowboard World Cup season titles.

Sochi 2014

Switzerland will send eight alpine skiers to Sochi 2014, including top men’s standing skiers Michael Bruegger and Thomas Pfyl.

Sochi 2014

Canada are confident that team of 11 athletes and three guides heading to Sochi is one of the "most talented yet."

Para Ice Hockey

Can Russia’s ice sledge hockey team please the home fans at Sochi 2014 by medalling in their Paralympic debut?

Sochi 2014

The cross-country skiing power house will head to Sochi with a strong team once again.

Sochi 2014

New Zealand to receive free-to-air coverage of Winter Paralympic Games

Sailing

The first ISAF Sailing World Cup of 2014 was dominated by the British favourites.

Sochi 2014

Alpine skiers Marie Bochet and Vincent Gauthier-Manuel are expected to headline France’s Sochi 2014 team.

Spain

The Netherlands’s Bibian Mentel-Spee continued her stunning form on Tuesday (11 February) in La Molina, Spain, by claiming victory at the IPCAS Snowboard World Cup Finals to maintain her 100 per cent record for the season.