PARALYMPIC NEWS FROM PYEONGCHANG 2018

Ilkka Tuomisto of Finland and Dexin Zhou of China compete in the Men's Cross Country 10km Free Standing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Finland’s top cross-country skier is busy training for the season ahead, but is not certain if he will continue to PyeongChang 2018.

A female sit-skier competes at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

South Korean Nordic skier Vo-Ra-Mi Seo carries the weight of her country, and her home town, into the next Winter Paralympics.

Man in a sledge, playing hockey on the ice

Fresh from silver-medal success in wheelchair basketball at Toronto 2015, Liam Hickey is hoping to make his Team Canada dreams a reality again.

Heid-Jo Duce on her snowboard at a slalom event.

Now a form the 2015-2016 US Paralympics Snowboarding National Team, Heidi Jo Duce aims to qualify for PyeongChang 2018.

Three people smile to the camera, showing a piece of paper

Under the agreement, they will provide 4,100 automobiles together with a monetary sponsorship for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games operations.

logos of the IPC and NHK

The agreement is the biggest in Paralympic broadcasting history and will see the Japanese broadcaster cover the PyeongChang 2018, Tokyo 2020, 2022 and 2024 Paralympic Games.

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

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.

Tokyo aerial view

During three days of meetings, the Board led by IPC President Sir Philip Craven will receive updates on preparations for the PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Group of kids showing signs with the words 'Passion. Connected'.

“Passion. Connected.” to symbolise objective, legacy of Games.

PyeongChang 2018 emblem

President of Korean Traditional Performing Arts Foundation will orchestrate the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

Athletes compete at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in the Alpensia Sports Park on February 11, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Organising committee launches new look information portal.

Man on hockey sledge focusing on the puk

As the team prepare for Buffalo 2015, Paralympic.org asked head coach Jiri Briza and defenceman David Motycka about their aspirations for PyeongChang 2018.

Preview of a magazine Paralympian pages 30 and 31 with the interviews of Jose Luis Campo, president Americas Paralympic Committee and Andrew Parsons, president of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee and IPC Vice President

How the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics sports were chosen is the main feature of the first edition of 2015.

Panorama shot of the stadium during the Sochi Closing Ceremony

Experts have a vast experience of Ceremonies from a number of spectacular sporting events.

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

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

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

The Korea International Co-operation Agency will support the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

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

The sponsor package is worth KRW 100 billion.

Athletes compete at the Alpensia Biathlon Centre in the Alpensia Sports Park on February 11, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.

Test events will be staged between February 2016 and April 2017

Group shot at an official event

The announcement came at the start of the 4th IOC Co-ordination Commission.

portrait picture of a man smiling to the camera

One year on from the Sochi 2014 Closing Ceremony, POCOG President Yang-ho CHO shares his views of what PyeongChang 2018 will deliver.