Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

Wheelchair Tennis

Both teams won the BNP Paribas World Team Cup Americas Qualification in Quito, Ecuador, and qualified for the 2017 World Group in Sardinia, Italy, from 1-7 May.

Italy

Eleven sports will be contested from 9-15 October.

Alpine Skiing

The men’s and women’s sitting and the men’s visually impaired will be decided on Wednesday (15 March).

Germany

Germany’s Angelika Trabert shares her recent medical mission trip to Guinea.

PyeongChang 2018

The former alpine skiing guide will lead Team France at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Wheelchair Rugby

Seven return from the 2015 Championship winning team.

Cross-Country Skiing

The French Para Nordic skier was the fastest in the men’s biathlon Individual standing and maintains his No.1 rankings place.

America

The Youth Parapan American Games will feature over 800 athletes, aged 12-20 years old, from 20 countries competing across 12 sports.

America

Both countries seek to reach the podium for the first time ever at a Youth Parapan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 20-25 March.

Athletics

Hear from one of the next generation of stars in Para athletics, starting with the British T34 racer.

Cross-Country Skiing

The Canadian standing skier was elected at the World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup and PyeongChang 2018 Test Event.

Athletics

Kenyan T46 runner Kipkemoi Chesum, a London 2012 Paralympian, originally started the race as pacemaker.

Blind Football

The hosts, who have won gold at every Paralympic Games since the sport’s debut in 2004, are hoping to top the podium at the Youth Parapans in Sao Paulo.

Great Britain

The T54 wheelchair racer was at Buckingham Palace in the British capital to launch the relay ahead of next year’s Commonwealth Games.

Alpine Skiing

The super combined has been cancelled due to adverse weather, and will be replaced by two super-G races.

Sitting Volleyball

The Youth Parapan American Games will feature around 900 athletes, aged 12-20 years old, from 20 countries competing across 12 sports.

America

At Sao Paulo 2017, both countries seek to improve on their performances at the latest edition of the Youth Parapans in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 2013.

Argentina

Argentina’s track and field athlete will compete at the fourth Youth Parapan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, from 20-25 March.

Blind Football

Four teams will face-off in football 5 and six will take part in the football 7 event at the fourth Youth Parapan American Games, from 20-25 March.

America

Brazil’s Mateus Evangelista, Veronica Hipolito, Tallison Glock and Lorena Spoladore say the Youth Parapans are fundamental in strengthening the countries’ grassroots.