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French skier Marie Bochet skied the downhill at Panorama 2015.
Alpine Skiing

Competitions begin on 24 August and includes six World Cups, seven Europa Cups, Asian Cups and development races in South America.

Mac Marcoux and his brother
Alpine Skiing

The mission for Mac and BJ is to compete together without the same injury-plagued season the world champions experienced during 2014-15.

Mac and B.J. Marcoux
Alpine Skiing

The Canadian alpine skiing world and Paralympic champions take some time during the summer months to relax and catch-up on other sports.

Chris Waddell
Alpine Skiing

The 12-time Paralympic medalist has taken on new challenges following his last Games in Salt Lake 2002.

Snowboarder passing a gate
Snowboard

Despite being only 15, Moen set a national first in La Molina, Spain, when he won Norway's first ever para-snowboard World Championships medal.

Group shot of skiers (sitting and standing) on a mountain
Alpine Skiing

Paralympic gold medallist Adam Hall and double world champion Corey Peters offer advice as part of a talent identification and development camp supported by the Agitos Foundation.

A female standing skier competes in super-G
Alpine Skiing

Markus Walser, Chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard Sport Technical Committee, believes changes implemented this year will allow for healthy progress.

Australia's Melissa Perrine competes in the women's visually impaired super-G at the Sochi Paralympic Games 2014
Alpine Skiing

As the triple women’s visually impaired world champion from the 2015 Worlds, Australian Perrine already knows what is required to stay at the top.

Bob Balk is the former Chairperson of the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) Athletes’ Council and six-time US Paralympic sit-skier.
Alpine Skiing

The former US sit-skier recalls what made the 1994 Winter Games special and the changes he has seen since.

The Alpensia Resort is seen from above on February 10, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.
PyeongChang 2018

Representatives from IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard went to South Korea to check on progress for skiing and snowboard for the next Paralympic Winter Games.

The IPC Governing Board met in Tokyo, Japan
Wheelchair Curling

The Board approved the athlete and medal event quotas for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

New Zealand sit-skier Corey Peters competes at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, Panorama, Canada.
Alpine Skiing

New Zealand’s new downhill and super-G world champion aims to become competitive in all disciplines after proving he is “not afraid of speed.”

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

Eight skiers, including five men and three women, will attempt to build off a successful 2015 World Championships hosted at home.

Man jumping in the air on a podium
Sochi 2014

France’s multiple Paralympic and Worlds medallist Vincent Gauthier-Manuel has retired from alpine skiing after eight years at the top of the sport.

Chris Williamson of Canada competes in the Men's Giant Slalom Visually Impaired at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Alpine Skiing

Chris Williamson and Matt Hallat have brought to an end their competitive skiing careers

Anna Schaffelhuber, Germany celebrates her gold medal in the women's super-G
PyeongChang 2018

The five-time Paralympic champion sets her sight on the next Paralympic Winter Games.

New Zealand's Corey Peters won his first world titles at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.
Alpine Skiing

New world champion Corey Peters and Paralympic gold medallist Adam hall are expected to compete on home snow in New Zealand.

Samsung Group became a domestic sponsor of PyeongChang 2018 in April 2015.
PyeongChang 2018

The sponsor package is worth KRW 100 billion.

A group of youngsters are taught how to ski
Alpine Skiing

Led by the Serbian National Paralympic Committee and supported by the Agitos Foundation, Greece, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania developed snowsport.

Picture collage
Swimming

The public has until Thursday 9 April to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.