PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Melissa Perrine and Mitchell Gourley

At the halfway point until the next Paralympic Winter Games, Melissa Perrine and Mitchell Gourlay are focused on their World Cup campaigns.

Jessica Long competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain

Three reigning world champions, including 12-time Paralympic champion Jessica Long will look to gain a place for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

2015 Athlete Classification Code

After three rounds of consultation dating back to 2013, the IPC General Assembly approved the Code for implementation in November.

Dorottya in action in Hamburg

A network of players, coaches and more have been put together to help increase the involvement of women in the sport.

Canada and South Korea's ice sledge hockey teams

The hosts of the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge, which gets underway on Sunday (17 January) reveal their squad.

Valerii Redkozubov of Russia

The Italian skier took the first World Cup victory of his career over Russia’s world giant slalom champion in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.

Woman and man sprinting on a track side by side

IPC selects 45 track and field stars who are likely to make a big impact at September’s Paralympic Games.

View on slopes in the sunshine

A stellar line-up of athletes will begin their World Cup campaign, with action from Tarvisio, Italy, to be shown live on Rai Sport and at Paralympic.org.

Picture of four people cutting a red ribbon to open a new building.

The new building will be home to 30 of the 85 IPC staff members

Woman in rowing boat celebrating

The athletes to look out for in the sport at September’s Paralympic Games include four from the single sculls, one mixed double sculls and one coxed four team.