PARA ALPINE SKIING NEWS 

Seventy-two participants from eight provinces tried snowboard and alpine skiing at a recent development camp in Harbin.

Seventy-two participants from eight provinces tried snowboard and alpine skiing at a recent development camp in Harbin.

A para-cyclist competes on the track

Most of the winter sports season wrapped up, while World Championships in cycling and boccia took place.

Momoka Muraoka

After winning the giant slalom World Cup, Momoka Muraoka has shifted her focus to the next World Championships and PyeongChang 2018.

Skier in orange and white ski suit, skis at speed down slope

The pair are named as male and female para-alpine athletes of the year respectively on the reintroduction of a national awards programme by Alpine Canada.

Ruth Hagspiel - alpine skiing

Poland’s men win two out of three races on final day of the Europa Cup Finals.

Miroslav Haraus

Miroslav Haraus and Martin France were victorious on the Swiss slopes as skiers competed in the super combined.

Patrik Hetmer of Czech Republic

The Czech Republic skier won the men’s visually impaired by a split second on day one in Obersaxen.

Martin Wuerz of Austria

Points are on offer in the giant slalom, super combined and super-G in the final high-level races of the season in Switzerland.

Man in a sit ski passing a gate

The Russian duo won both slalom and giant slalom at YongPyong, South Korea.

One-legged skier going down the slope.

The Dutch skier is focusing on improving on her career best World Championships finish, with bronze in the super combined.

Taiki Morii

Star-studded giant slalom and slalom field includes Japan’s Taiki Morii and Momoka Muraoka, and Russia’s Aleksei Bugaev and Valerii Redkozubov.

A sit-skier celebrates winning the overall super-G globe in Aspen, USA.

Great Britain, Germany, Russia and Japan all enjoy overall victories in men’s and women’s sitting and visually impaired classifications for the 2015-16 season.

With her victory Bochet remains unbeaten in the women’s standing, having won all seven speed races this season.

There is still everything to play for in the men’s and women’s sitting and visually impaired heading into the second super-G race on Friday (4 March).

A female standing skier competes in super-G

The Frenchwoman is unbeaten in 13 races across technical and speed disciplines.

Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.

Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.

A picture of a man with one arm cycling during pursuit race.

World Championships in track cycling and boccia headline this month in para-sport.

A female standing skier competes in super-G

Competition across classifications also hots up heading into the final downhill races in Aspen, USA.

Collage of six images showing athletes

Six para-athletes are up for the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.

Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him

Close races loom as skiers go head-to-head for overall super-G and downhill globes between 1-4 March.

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The month was packed with winter sports, including two World Championships.