IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships
25 February - 5 March

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News - Biathlon

A male Para cross country skier skies across the snow

Gold in the Paralympic Summer Games in cycling, the veteran wants to achieve the same in Para cross country

a sitting biathlete skies down a slope

Ukrainian Para skier explains why Paralympic Winter Games is a must watch.

snowless skiing course being inspected by two men

Paralympic Nordic skiing and biathlon venues given the go ahead

France’s Benjamin Daviet

World biathlon champion looks ahead to the new season.

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Canadian Para Nordic skier hoping for more success after winning bronze at Worlds.

Four men in blue jackets show toys

The successful World Para Nordic Skiing Championships took place in the German city from 10-19 February, with 135 athletes from 25 countries competing.

Mark Arendz

The Canadian Nordic skier has just completed one of the best seasons of his career, winning two world titles in Finsterau, Germany, last February.

Man in sit ski doing cross country skiing

The US sit-skier had a mixed season, but it was his performances at the Paralympic Winter Games Test Event that drives him forward.

A Nordic skier looks behind him at two other skiers approaching the crest of the hill, close behind him. Mountains are in the background.

After a strong season, the French Nordic skier shares his love of the sport.

A skier competes in downhill

World champion snowboarders and Nordic and alpine skiers will compete in Les Saisies from 25-28 March.

A sit skier rounds a bend in the course in the stadium in Sochi, pushing forward at speed.

France’s Benjamin Daviet and Ukraine’s Oksana Shyshkova were also confirmed as overall men’s and women’s World Cup winners.

Woman with no legs in sit ski on a slope

Competing in the middle distance in Sapporo, Japan, the Ukrainian and German skiers secured wins with one race to spare.

Anja Wicker competes at the Para Nordic skiing World Cup in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Skiers will race to secure cross-country and biathlon World Cup titles in Japan.

Day 6 Highlights: 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships Finsterau

Ukrainian and Canadian skiers were amongst those to take the final biathlon golds of the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships.

Day 3 highlights: 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships

The home crowd was ecstatic as Martin Fleig and Anja Wicker raced to victory in the men's and women's biathlon individual sitting at the World Championships.

A local priest is also acting as the official timekeeper at Finsterau 2017

Bernhard Kraus, priest at the local church, volunteers at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Germany.

TechnoAlpin are the Official Supplier to three snow sports World Championships in 2017.

Three World Championships in Para alpine skiing, Para snowboard and Para Nordic skiing to benefit from the partnership.

Anja Wicker, Germany turning

Germany’s biathlon Paralympic champion is excited ahead of her home World Championships in Finsterau, from 10-19 February.

Vitaliy Lukyanenko - Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Ukraine’s multi-Paralympic champion won the men’s biathlon sprint visually impaired at a World Cup on home soil in Western Center, on 19 January.

Para Nordic Skiing World Cup Western Center - Ukraine

France’s Para Nordic skier won the men’s Individual visually impaired race in Western Center, Ukraine, on 17 January.