PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Alpine Skiing

Swiss and Italian skiers also ski to victory in IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France.

Germany

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) will stage a major conference for its membership in Berlin, Germany, this October to mark its 25th anniversary and plan for the future.

Sochi 2014

Find out how the Sochi 2014 Games will create a barrier-free environment, educate youth and enhance the volunteer movement in Russia.

Para Ice Hockey

The country will be represented at the Paralympic Winter Games in five sports, with strong squads in the team sports.

Sochi 2014

A total of 16 skiers and two guides named to Sochi 2014 team, including 10-time summer Paralympic Games medallist Tatyana Mcfadden and America's first ever Olympic or Paralympic biathlon medallist, Andy Soule.

Swimming

Swimmers will return to the Pieter van den Hoogenband Stadium on their road to the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Downhill races see triple success for Austria and USA, as Switzerland and Germany also pick-up podiums at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France.

Wheelchair Curling

Find out which seven teams have already qualified for the World Championships, which will be held in Lohja, Finland.

Sochi 2014

Norway head into Sochi 2014 with a mix of youth and veterans hoping to medal for the sixth straight Paralympics.

Sochi 2014

After four Paralympic Winter Games, and starved of a gold medal since Beijing 2008, Croatia will be hungry to perform well at Sochi 2014.

Sochi 2014

Traditionally strong in skiing, the Czech Republic’s strongest medal chances are in ice sledge hockey at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Sochi 2014

Armenia’s alpine skiers will hope to represent their country again at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Sochi 2014

All overall winners of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup biathlon events are Russian following middle distance races at Oberried, Germany, on Sunday (26 January).

Belgium

Anne d’Ieteren will now serve as Vice President and Secretary General of the Paralympic Movement in Belgium.

Alpine Skiing

2009 world champion Tyler Mosher, world championship bronze medallist Ian Lockey and newcomer John Leslie have qualified for the debut of para-snowboard cross at Sochi 2014.

Finland

Find out which ice sledge hockey player, alpine skier and Nordic skier will help form the collective athlete voice of the Paralympic Movement.

Russia

With 50 days until the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, the IPC has begun a countdown campaign, revealing interesting facts about each country competing.

Alpine Skiing

The U.S. pair of Mike Shea and Marc Dervaes completed back-to-back wins at the IPCAS Snowboard World Cup at the Big White Ski Resort, Canada on Sunday (26 January), whilst the Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel-Spee continued her unbeatable form.

Para Ice Hockey

Norway are looking to medal for the sixth straight time in ice sledge hockey at a Paralympic Winter Games.

Sochi 2014

Wins for Mentel-Spee, Shea and Dervaes at penultimate World Cup meet of the season.