PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Jeff Sauer, coach of Team USA, in the preliminary game against Germany at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA.](/sites/default/files/images/150428043349769_20150427_USA%2Bv%2BDEU_0097.jpg)
USA Hockey, IPC mourns passing of Jeff Sauer
Tributes pour in for the coach of the US Para ice hockey team who has died at the age of 73.
![Malle, Belgium, will host 2017 Para dance sport World Championships](/sites/default/files/images/161212101608020_dance.jpg)
Para dance sport partners with DSI London
The suppliers to British TV series Strictly Come Dancing will offer a 10 per cent discount on dresses, shoes, fabrics, crystals and accessories to athletes.
![Helene Ripa, Sweeden coming up to the finish](/sites/default/files/images/140627093541971_SOC_20140310_LP_1008_WEB.jpg)
Helene Ripa recovers and sets sights on Finsterau
Sweden’s Sochi 2014 cross-country skiing champion could not compete at this year’s World Cup due to a bad cold but believes she will be ready for the Worlds.
![Portrait picture of Jessica Stretton](/sites/default/files/images/170104122019531_Jessica%2BStretton_archery_GettyImages-577083372.jpg)
Stretton sets world record at Fazza event
The 16-year-old Paralympic champion set a new record in the women’s W1 category.
![Big White, Canada, will host the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160826135814138_DSC_4610.jpg)
Monthly preview: February 2017
Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.
![Finsterau, Germany](/sites/default/files/images/161108101538416_Finsterau.jpg)
Finishing touches put to 2017 Para Nordic Worlds
Organisers are working round the clock in anticipation of the arrival of 135 athletes from 25 countries.
![Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez, Canada’s Mac Marcoux and USA’s Andrew Kurka](/sites/default/files/images/170203105706693_FotorCreated.jpg)
Voting open for Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’
Popular vote will decide who the best athlete in the Americas was in January 2017, via www.americasparalympic.org.
Three reasons why Oksana Shyshkova loves skiing
The Ukrainian secured multiple World Cup wins in January and will be one to look out for at the World Championships in Finsterau, Germany, from 10-19 February.
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London 2017 LTD announce national supplier deal with Heineken
The World Para Athletics Championships will take place between 14-23 July 2017.
Para sport in review: January 2017
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during January.