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IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

Young Athletes arrive at the Agitos Foundation Youth Workshop in Rwanda
Rwanda

East African Paralympic committees in Rwanda last week to discuss how to further develop disability sport in their region.

Gideon Sam
South Africa

Gideon Sam will lead the Olympic and Paralympic Movements in South Africa for another four years.

A picture of a woman with a prosthesis wearing an American flag to celebrate her victory
Triathlon

US Paralympics have given USA Para-Triathlon monies to help fuel growth in the sport among American military veterans.

Sochi 2014 Biathlon and Cross Country Skiing Centre
Sochi 2014

The Sochi 2014 organising committee’s online Accessibility Map was awarded for its advancement in technology and social purpose.

Oscar Pistorius and Esther Vergeer
Wheelchair Tennis

Wheelchair tennis gold medallist Esther Vergeer and blade runner Oscar Pistorius shared their views last week on what’s next for the Paralympic Movement.

Takeshi Suzuki
Winter Sports

A picture of a man pushing a smal ball with a metal arm hooked to his head
Boccia

With seconds left on the clock, Greece’s Greg Polychronidis was just one ball away from his dream of Paralympic gold. His winning shot, when the pressure was on, is the No. 36 moment of 2012.

Stefan Olsson and Peter Vikstrom
Wheelchair Tennis

Peter Vikström and Stefan Olsson, Anna-Carin Ahlquist, Maja Reichard and Jonas Jacobsson are up for one of Sweden’s most prestigious sport awards.

Agitos in Rio
Rio 2016

A picture of a man kissing his trophy after his victory
Wheelchair Tennis

Gustavo Fernandez, 18, beat three of the world’s top four players at the Japan Open in May, making for the No. 37 moment of 2012.

Agitos in Rio
Rio 2016

Michele George
London 2012

Equestrian rider Michèle George won two surprise golds at London 2012, making for the No. 38 moment of the year in Paralympic sport.

Sylwester Flis
Para Ice Hockey

In the last 16 years eight countries have been added to the ice sledge hockey World Championship programme.

Irek Zaripov
Cross-Country Skiing

Last season, Russia dominated the World Cup rankings to come in as the No. 39 moment of 2012 after taking seven of 12 trophies in biathlon and cross-country.

Alexandr Alyabyev competing in Vancouver
Alpine Skiing

In a reversal of fortunes, three of Thursday’s IPC Alpine Skiing gold medallists failed to finish in a day at SnowWorld in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Alan Oliveira
Rio 2016

Alan Cardoso Fonteles Oliveira beat Oscar Pistorius in London and is now garnering more attention with the Paralympics coming to his native Brazil.

A picture of men playing sledge hockey celebrating their victory
Para Ice Hockey

Nagano, Japan, which hosted the 1998 Paralympic Winter Games, will host the next Ice Sledge Hockey B Pool World Championships.

A picture of a group dancing
Rio 2016

IPC reveals record international TV audiences for London 2012 and challenges Rio to build on the success

Carl Murphy on podium
Alpine Skiing

The road to Sochi has already begun with snowboarders and alpine skiers picking up their first IPCAS points of the season, getting them one step closer to qualifying for the winter Paralympics.

A picture of women celebrating their victory
Goalball

The Japan-Sweden women’s goalball semi-final plunged into sudden death during the Paralympic Games at the Copper Box, making it the No. 40 moment of 2012.