PARA ALPINE SKIING NEWS 

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Austria’s Paralympic champion Marcus Salcher also secures his first World Cup victory in the opening speed races of the season.

Group shot of people in the snow holding a banner

National Technical Officials from South Korea are ready to oversee alpine skiing and snowboard competitions during the next two seasons.

French skier Marie Bochet skied the downhill at Panorama 2015.

The 11-time world champion and quadruple Paralympic champion reveals all about her season so far.

Yohann Taberlet, France just misses out on a medal in the men's giant slalom sitting category

Downhill training begins at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France, on Monday (25 January).

A standing skier retains an aerodynamic position

World champion Marie Bochet steals another win in slalom in Switzerland.

Men's standing skier Thomas Walsh of the USA tackles a gate during slalom

Great Britain’s Menna Fitzpatrick and the USA’s Thomas Walsh secure wins in IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Switzerland.

Two skiers starting from a start house on a ski slope

Olympic and World Championships medallist and World Cup winners will attend the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup which gets underway on Friday (22 January).

Podium with three men smiling.

The Russian posted the fastest run in the men’s giant slalom standing to take first on day two of the World Cup.

Podium of six people in front of a branded wall

The dominant performance included wins for Staci Manella and Tyler Walker in slalom in Tarvisio, Italy, on Monday (18 January).

Marie Bochet

The IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France, will see the first speed races of the 2015-16 contested.

Marie Bochet

Paralympic and world champions Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber and Aleksei Bugaev add slalom wins to their giant slalom victories in Kranjska Gora.

A picture of a woman skiing on the slopes

Downhill, super combined, giant slalom and slalom will all run according to schedule in February.

Melissa Perrine and Mitchell Gourley

At the halfway point until the next Paralympic Winter Games, Melissa Perrine and Mitchell Gourlay are focused on their World Cup campaigns.

Valerii Redkozubov of Russia

The Italian skier took the first World Cup victory of his career over Russia’s world giant slalom champion in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

Roman Rabl of Austria competes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.

Austrian Roman Rabl is hoping to build on his first podium performances from the 2015 World Championships with World Cup success.

View on slopes in the sunshine

A stellar line-up of athletes will begin their World Cup campaign, with action from Tarvisio, Italy, to be shown live on Rai Sport and at Paralympic.org.

Georg Kreiter of Germany competes in Men's Downhill Sitting at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

The German double world champion sit skier looks towards the future ahead of the first World Cup of the season.

Two skiers starting from a start house on a ski slope

From 22-23 January the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup will roll into the Swiss resort, supported by DJ F.A.B as part of a mini festival of sport.

Jessica Gallagher, Australia edges show as she carves the corner into thrid place.

Australia’s head coach Christian Geiger believes his team will have medal prospects at PyeongChang 2018 and Beijing 2022.

Female skier in racing suit passing a gate on a ski slope

Due to poor snow conditions further changes have been made to the 2016 IPC Alpine Skiing competition calendar.