PARA ALPINE SKIING NEWS 

Alexander Vetrov on slope

Nominees for December’s Athlete of the Month include Russian standing skier Alexey Bugaev, sit-skiers Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany and Tyler Walker of USA, Hungary’s wheelchair fencer Zsuzsanna Krajnyak and USA’s ice sledge hockey star Taylor Chace.

Vincent Gauthier-Manuel competing

The first event of the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Sestriere, Italy, promises strong competition between German and Japanese sit skiers and French and Russian standing skiers.

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Adam Hall in action

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Here’s a brief run-down of the top Paralympic sporting events around the world to keep your eyes on in January.

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With 50 days to go until the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain, the International Paralympic Committee has announced the ‘ones to watch’ for the competition.

Tyler Walker

The home team dominated the first event of the 2012-13 IPC Alpine Skiing NorAm Cup in Colorado, USA, with strong performances also from New Zealand’s Adam Hall and Canada’s Viviane Forest.

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Italian sport equipment company Liski will provide IPC Alpine Skiing with a range of products to aid ski slope preparation, maintenance and equipment.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing

Italian sport equipment company Liski will provide IPC Alpine Skiing with a range of products to aid ski slope preparation, maintenance and equipment.

A picture of man in a sldge skiing

The men's slalom sitting was one of the most fiercely fought races at the first IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup event in Pitztal, Austria

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Here’s a brief run-down of the top Paralympic sporting events around the world to keep your eyes on in December.

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Alexandr Alyabyev competing in Vancouver

In a reversal of fortunes, three of Thursday’s IPC Alpine Skiing gold medallists failed to finish in a day at SnowWorld in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Carl Murphy on podium

The road to Sochi has already begun with snowboarders and alpine skiers picking up their first IPCAS points of the season, getting them one step closer to qualifying for the winter Paralympics.

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Seven countries in southeast Europe met with IPC representatives to learn more about alpine skiing, nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey.

French skier at La Molina

La Molina, Spain, to host world’s best skiers in last major Championships before Sochi 2014 Paralympics

Germany ice sledge hockey

Here’s a brief run-down of the top Paralympic sporting events around the world to keep your eyes on in November.

Carl Murphy

With almost 16 months to go until the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games, snowboarders are getting their first chance to register and qualify to compete.

Evan Strong

USA's Evan Strong hails from tropical Hawaii but is contesting to compete in snowboarding in the sport's Paralympic Games debut at Sochi 2014.

Alana Nichols

Twelve Vancouver Paralympians return to the slopes for Team USA