PARA ALPINE SKIING NEWS 

Highlights from day 3 (slalom) of 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

The 19-year-old French athlete added a slalom gold to her downhill and super-G world titles in La Molina, Spain.

Ralph Green

USA's Ralph Green is inspiring others as he competes in the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Champs

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IPC's Director of Media and Communications give his view on athletes competing at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Andrea Rothfuss during downhill training

Slalom rescheduled for Sunday morning starting at 9:30 CET

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The French athlete maintained a 100 per cent record in La Molina on Thursday with a super-G gold.

Highlights from day 2 of IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships La Molina

Three skiers maintained 100 per cent records in La Molina on day two of competition at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Italy's Melania Corradini in La Molina

After being sidelined most of the season due to injury, standing skier Melania Corradini has returned to the slopes for the World Championships in La Molina.

Highlights from Day 1 of 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships La Molina

Spain's Jon Santacana took gold on first day of competition at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, winning the men's downhill visually impaired race.

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Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova has already won the women's downhill and now seeks four more golds at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Opening Ceremony 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships La Molina

One year ahead of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships promises fierce battles for the podium.

Andrea Rothfuss during downhill training

The stage is set for the most competitive IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships yet, as the first races begin in La Molina on Wednesday 20 February.

Carl Murphy

As snowboarding gears up for its first ever Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, the 2013 Snowboard Cross World Cup event in Maribor, Slovenia will be an important milestone.

flags are exchanged

The Secretary General for Sport and IPC Alpine Skiing have exchanged Paralympic flags representing the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships with the president of FBC (the Catalan railway company), Enric Tico, and the mayor of Alp, Ramon Moliner.

Bibian Mentel-Spee

The future of para-snowboard looks bright as the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the World Snowboard Federation (WSF) continue to develop the sport.

Markus Salcher

Austrians Markus Salcher and Roman Rabl won their respective classes at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.

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In the penultimate event of the 2012-13 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, everything is still to play for in the rankings.

Jon Santacana Maiztegui of Spain and his guide Miguel Galindo Garces compete in Vancouver

Visually impaired skier Jon Santacana will be one to watch at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Alana Nichols

The US team will feature 13 athletes and two guides for the World Championship event that starts on 18 February.

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Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss will challenge France’s Marie Bochet for gold at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships next month.

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Those wishing to be a Sochi 2014 Games volunteer have until 1 March to apply.