PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Cristian Valenzuela

National sports journalists picked the athletes they believe are the best in the respective para-sports.

Wescley OLIVEIRA - Sitting Volleyball - London 2012 Paralympic Games

The experienced Jim Leask has been appointed to the role until 2018.

Logo of the Agitos Foundation

Projects in Singapore and Angola have already benefitted with Georgia to follow in the first agreement of its kind for the Agitos Foundation.

Athlete practicing alpine skiing in a sit-ski.

Justus Wolf has trained alpine skiers to multiple medals at World Championships and Paralympic Games.

Group picture at an Agitos Foundation workshop

In 2015 Agitos Foundation projects helped athletes and coaches on their road to the Toronto 2015 Parapan Games and Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Israel Hilario Rimas

The only Peruvian cyclist is inspiring more and more of his compatriots through his outstanding performance.

Ukrainian Yelyzaveta Mereshko

Ukrainian newcomer storms to three World Championships gold medals, including in the women’s 400m freestyle S6 where she beat Great Britain’s Eleanor Simmonds.

Richard Brown on the cover of Paralympian

The third and final magazine of 2015 wraps up all the last World and regional Championships, as well as the ‘big deals’ made ahead of Rio 2016.

IWRF logo

Last two positions for the Rio 2016 wheelchair rugby competition to be awarded in Paris in April.

Brothers Mac and BJ Marcoux on the slope

Canada’s Mac and BJ Marcoux reunited on home snow to win gold in the downhill, their first World Championships title.