VISTA 2017 - News

Cycling

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Raymond Martin, Jonnie Peacock and Alex Zanardi.

Goalball

With their victories at the IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships, more teams qualified for next year’s World Championships in Finland.

Rio 2016

The start of construction for Brazil’s new Paralympic Training Centre highlighted a host of events this year in the lead-up to the Rio 2016 Games.

Wheelchair Basketball

Australia defeated Paralympic champions Canada in the gold-medal game of the Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Japan.

Equestrian

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Johanna Benson, Michele George and Marlou van Rhijn.

Wheelchair Rugby

The No. 1-ranked wheelchair rugby team in the world will now be supported by USA Rugby, the nation’s able-bodied federation for the sport.

Para dance sport

Several big moments and competitions in 2013 have made the sport more accessible, competitive and popular.

Wheelchair Rugby

The IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Asia-Oceania Championships will include four teams and will be streamed live online.

DB Schenker will provide the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with logistics, freight forwarding and customs clearance services for another four years.

The World Conference on Doping in Sport took place last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Goalball

The men’s gold-medal game at the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships came down to the final seconds.

Wheelchair Curling

Three big names will join the growing roster of speakers at the event that will take place in Russia during the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics.

Powerlifting

At the 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Championships, France’s Souhad Ghazouani set a world record, lifting more weight than she did when she won London 2012 Paralympic gold.

More than 1,000 representatives from sport, media and the anti-doping community are in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Conference on Doping in Sport.

Wheelchair Curling

The 2022 Winter Games will officially be awarded in 2015 following several phases of consultation.

Alpine Skiing

The visually impaired skier picked up three gold medals at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain.

Para Ice Hockey

The Italian ice sledge hockey team’s captain has been a pioneer for his sport back home.

Cross-Country Skiing

Swedish Paralympic sport fans will be able to watch live primetime coverage of the Sochi 2014 Games.

Table Tennis

The Australian delegation took all of the team gold medals available on the final day of the 2013 ITTF Oceania Para-Table Tennis Championships.

Ottobock are displaying some of the best historical Paralympic images in a photo exhibition in Berlin through January.