Opportunities, Challenges in Paralympic Sport Science & Sport Medicine Support
20-23 September

VISTA 2017 - News

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Matti Suur-Hamari

Can the Finnish up-and-comer race past the American favourites for a podium spot when snowboard makes its Paralympic debut at Sochi 2014?

Andre Cintra

First time the Paralympic Winter Games will be shown in Brazil as Rio 2016 hosts make their debut in Sochi

Ottobock

For the 12th Paralympics in a row, the IPC’s Worldwide Paralympic Partner will provide technical service to the athletes.

Adam Dixon

While many are familiar with the Canadian ice sledge hockey team’s top goal scorers, Adam Dixon is secretly holding the team’s defence together.

Sochi 2014 Paralympic Torch Relay - Day 2

Find out who carried the torch through nine different cities in the Siberian Federal District.

Seung-Hwan Jung

Catch yourself up on full team rosters and featured content for ice sledge hockey prior to the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

Sochi 2014 accessibility

Find out what Sochi 2014 are doing to increase accessibility in sports venues, transportation and throughout the city and country.

Jakub Krako celebrating

Find out more about Slovakia heading to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

A picture of a woman skiing on the slopes

German standing skier hoping it will be third-time lucky for the gold that has eluded her at the past two Paralympic Winter Games.

Michael Bruegger

The Swiss skier is 31-years-old heading into his third Paralympic Games in Sochi, and talks about the intense competition now faced by para-alpine skiers and increases in the quality of the field since his first Paralympic Winter Games in Nagano in 1998.

2014 Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame inductess graphic

Find out which two athletes and which coach will be inaugurated during the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Anti-Doping Laboratory

Denis Petrenko was taking a prescribed medication in a therapeutic dose under the care of a physician, however, failed to obtain a Therapeutic Use Exemption

Sarah Will is USA's most successful Paralympic athlete at Winter Games.

Find out more about the history of largest delegation of athletes heading to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Screenshot Google Hangout

As part of the IPC’s digital strategy, fans will get a chance to engage directly with Paralympians.

Australia's Mitch Gourle

Opening Ceremony to be screened together with daily highlights show, whilst other events will be streamed live.

Dariusz Pender

With the first major event of the 2014 wheelchair fencing calendar completed, the rankings indicate the established performers are in for another strong year.

Olena Iurkovska

Ukraine made its Paralympic Winter Games debut at the 1998 Nagano Games and has featured in all Games since

A picture of a woman holding a torch and speaking on a microphone.

Events on Thursday took place in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Magadan and Anadyr.

Patrick McDonald

The American skip, a war veteran and collector of tattoos, is eager to give the USA their first Paralympic medal in wheelchair curling.

Nominees for the 2014 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award

France’s Marie Bochet and the USA’s Tatyana McFadden - two athletes who will compete at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games - have been announced on a shortlist of six athletes for the prestigious 2014 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.