PARA ALPINE SKIING NEWS 

A man reaches out to look at Kelly Gallagher's Sochi 2014 gold medal.

More than 2,500 people have attended a Sports Fest since the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Bibian Mentel-Spee

Video produced by RTV for Allianz recognised at WorldMediaFestival

Alexey Bugaev passes a slalom pole in a race in a tilted position

The sport of para-alpine skiing has an extremely bright future thanks to the number of youngsters competing at major international competitions and winning medals

Marie Bochet skiing past a gate

The 20-year-old won gold in four out of her five alpine skiing events at the Paralympic Winter Games.

Evan Strong

Exciting plans announced that aim to further grow the sport of para-snowboard ahead of PyeongChang2018

Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany

Nominees for the honour include: Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber, Elena Remizova, Alena Kaufman and Bibian Mentel-Spee.

 Marie Bochet of France competes in theWomen's Downhill Standing during day one of Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

After eight years as the helm of IPC Alpine Skiing, Sylvana Mestre believes Sochi 2014 provided a significant breakthrough.

Kelly Gallagher

Great Britain’s first-ever Paralympic winter gold medallist will have the chance to showcase her sport to the public back home.

Brian McKeever

Nominees for the honour include: Roman Petushkov, Declan Farmer, Brian McKeever, Markus Salcher and Evan Strong.

USA's ice sledge hockey team

Sochi 2014 Paralympians will visit the White House and take part in NBCSN’s Best of US Awards Show.

A picture of a woman skiing

The French star was honoured for winning five titles at last year’s IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

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

Take a look at the next crop of top alpine skiers who made their Paralympic debuts at Sochi 2014.

Efthymios Kalaras

The alpine skier was the only representative of his country in Sochi and the first to compete in both a Summer and Winter Paralympics.

Jade Etherington and Kelly Gallagher

Jade Etherington and Kelly Gallagher made history for Great Britain at the Winter Paralympics, but they never expected to get as much attention as they have.

Cecile Hernandez Ep Cervellon

Look back at some of the biggest upsets and shocking results from the Paralympic Winter Games.

Roman Petushkov

Find out who performed best on the world stage at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Anna Schaffelhuber

For the second straight Winter Paralympics, a female skier won five alpine golds.

Bibian Mentel receives her Sochi gold

The world’s first ever female Paralympic snowboard gold medalist, Bibian Mentel-Spee, and inspirational Australian alpine skier Toby Kane will be presented with the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award at the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control

The final races for men's alpine skiers at Sochi 2014 will include the giant slalom across all classes.

Line Damgaard

Sweden, Finland, Norway, Denmark and Iceland are sharing resources to help Paralympic winter sports grow.