Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

Australia

Matt Cowdrey, Jacqueline Freney, Evan O’Hanlon, Kelly Cartwright, Felicity Johnson and Ryley Batt are all up for the prestigious Australian award.

Wheelchair Curling

After the first two days of competition at the World Wheelchair Curling Qualification event, Finland and Italy are the only teams without a loss.

Wheelchair Curling

The top two finishers from this weekend’s World Wheelchair Curling Qualification tournament will advance to next year’s World Championships in Sochi, Russia.

Nominees for the October’s Athlete of the Month award include: Kgothatso Montjane, Melissa Stockwell, Yannick Bourseaux, Marcel Hug and Alphanso Cunningham.

Athletics

Here’s a brief run-down of the top Paralympic sporting events around the world to keep your eyes on in November.

Athletics

London 2012 gold medallist Alphanso Cunningham was named the Most Outstanding Male Athlete with a Disability at the Commonwealth Sports Awards gala.

Sochi 2014

With almost 16 months to go until the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games, snowboarders are getting their first chance to register and qualify to compete.

Sochi 2014

NHL player Thomas Vanek donated equipment and resources to help his father’s ice sledge hockey team make their first World Championships.

Cycling

London 2012 silver medallist Tobias Fankhauser was named the Swiss Paralympic Newcomer of 2012.

VISTA

The Australian Paralympic champion and biomechanics professor will discuss changes in wheelchairs and prosthetic legs at the VISTA 2013 conference.

Wheelchair Basketball

Germany’s Mareike Adermann says that her drive to succeed has not ceased just because she won gold at London 2012.

Athletics

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug and Japan’s Tsuchida Wakako won the men’s and women’s T34/53/54 titles at the Oita Marathon.

Wheelchair Tennis

The Netherlands’ Maikel Scheffers and Jiske Griffioen won the men’s and women’s singles competition at the Nottingham Indoor wheelchair tennis tournament.

Athletics

UK Athletics confirmed that Paralympic head coach Peter Eriksson will become the nation’s Olympic coach, effective immediately.

Athletics

Switerzland’s Marcel Hug and Heinz Frei, and Japan’s Soejima Masazumi and Tsuchida Wakako will all take to the start line on Sunday in Oita City.

Haiti

More than 700 people gathered in western Haiti to raise awareness and promote Paralympic sport.

Wheelchair Tennis

Dutch world No. 2 and German world No. 3 Sabine Ellerbrock look to lead the field at this weekend’s Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.

Great Britain

Together with the country’s Olympic medallists, all of Great Britain’s London 2012 Paralympic medallists met with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.

Athletics

After seeing the electric atmosphere at London 2012, USA’s Ryan Chalmers wants to replicate that awareness of Paralympic sport back home with his “Push Across America.”

Athletics

After the success Great Britain’s athletics team had at London 2012, the nation is fielding a search for the next wave of Paralympic athletes.