IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

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News - Ice sledge hockey

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Around 50 youngsters with an impairment from five EU countries will get their first taste of snow sports this Sunday (27 January) when the inaugural IPC European Para Snow Sport Youth Circuit gets underway in La Molina, Spain.

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The IPC has sent its congratulations to its Vice President Greg Hartung after he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours announced on Friday (25 January).

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The IPC has sent its congratulations to its Vice President Greg Hartung after he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the Australia Day Honours announced on Friday (25 January).

Natalia Dannenberg filming at the Winter Youth Camp

Around 50 youngsters with an impairment from five EU countries will get their first taste of snow sports this Sunday (27 January) when the inaugural IPC European Para Snow Sport Youth Circuit gets underway in La Molina, Spain.

Noam Gershony

The IPC's Editorial and Social Media Co-ordinator explains why athletes injured in war shouldn’t need a specific day to honour their stories, but instead should be acknowledged on any given day.

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The first Swimming World Championships since the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be staged in Montreal, Canada.

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The first Swimming World Championships since the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be staged in Montreal, Canada

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Aniek van Koot and Sabine Ellerbrock advanced to the Australian Open women’s singles final, as did Shingo Kunieda and Stephane Houdet on the men’s side.

A picture of men sitting in a sledge celebrating their victory in a hockey match.

On the first day of the USA Hockey Sled Cup, Korea beat Russia and USA’s national team beat the country’s development team.

Great Britain's T12 athlete Libby Clegg

Seven London 2012 medallists will take part in Saturday’s British Athletics Glasgow International Match at Emirates Arena.

A picture of two men in sledges playing ice hockey

Canadian ice sledge hockey forward Brad Bowden is trying to return to his younger self from a decade ago to get into the right mindset for this season’s World Championships in Korea.

A man with a silver helmet and red jersey leans forward on his racing wheelchair

The IPC Scientific Award will be presented to a top academic researcher at May’s VISTA conference in Bonn, Germany.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

USA’s national team and development team, as well as national teams from Korea and Russia will compete in the USA Hockey Sled Cup this week.

A man with a silver helmet and red jersey leans forward on his racing wheelchair

The IPC Scientific Award will be presented to a top academic researcher at May’s VISTA conference in Bonn, Germany.

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By unanimous vote, Miguel Carballeda was chosen to serve another four years as President of Spain’s National Paralympic Committee.

Thomas Pfyl

With the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships ahead, Switzerland’s Thomas Pfyl has poise on the slopes, backed up by a top coach and polished technique.

Kurt Fearnley

Fearnley's speech broadcast live to the whole of Australia

Russia's Nadezda Andreeva arrives at Heathrow airport ahead of London 2012 Paralympic Games

After two events, Russia is dominating the biathlon rankings ahead of the Sochi 2012-2013 World Cup Finals, which will also be a Paralympic Games Test Event.

Bibian Mentel-Spee

The world’s top para-snowboarders will meet in Sochi in March, for the first ever Paralympic test event in the discipline.

Ozzie Sawicki

Accomplished coach and sport leader Ozzie Sawicki will be Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Games.