PARA CANOE NEWS

Goalball

Athletics and swimming dominate headlines in the Paralympic Movement.

Canoe

Wiggs and Yemelianov follow Rio 2016 success with European gold.

Canoe

International debuts for Henshaw and Phillipson following Para sport switch.

Canoe

The Rio 2016 Paralympic medallists captured gold in the season opening World Cup.

Cross-Country Skiing

The Swedish is hanging up the skis to fully devote herself to Para canoe.

Swimming

The multi-Paralympic British medallist is looking for a new challenge after 10 years of swimming.

Athletics

Popular vote will decide who the best athlete in the Americas was in April 2017, via www.americasparalympic.org.

Canoe

Brazilian canoers won five of the six Para canoe events contested in Paipa, Colombia.

Canoe

Polish paddler Jakub Tokarz stunned many at the 2016 Paralympic Games and is now a person to beat in August’s Worlds.

Canoe

After volunteering at London 2012, she won canoe Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Canoe

Paralympic champion in canoe, the Australian is also trying out Para rowing.

Rio 2016

After her success at Rio 2016, Germany’s Edina Muller looks ahead to the new Para canoe season.

Shooting

Veselka Pevec received one of the nation’s most prestigious awards, and Dejan Febcic was recognised regionally.

Canoe

The Australian Para canoeist won the award he said ‘is commonly won by able-bodied athletes.’

Powerlifting

Six canoeists and 11 powerlifters have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Rio 2016

The two sports were on the Paralympic programme at Rio 2016 for the first time in history.

Rio 2016

The sport made its Paralympic debut at Rio 2016. Find out what emerged.

Rio 2016

Jeanette Chippington, Emma Wiggs and Anne Dickins won Team GB’s three golds at the Lagoa Stadium.

Rio 2016

“I’m so happy,” said the Chinese cyclist after victory in the C1-2-3 time trial. “This is what I have worked for.”

Canoe

Para cyclist Michael Gallagher has been sent home after an out-of-competition drug test in July.