PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Brenna Huckaby of USA competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/150618102923518_150224_LAMOLINA_IPC_2015_HUCKABY_013.jpg)
Minor captures World Cup win ahead of Big White 2017
The US snowboarder remains undefeated as the final competition before the 2017 World Championships kick off in less than a week.
![A bobsleigh goes so fast down the track it's a blur.](/sites/default/files/images/140514132408378_474376391_0.jpg)
Para bobsleigh World Championships: 5 things to know
The first World Championships will take place since the sport was provisionally added to the Beijing 2022 programme.
Gourley elected as Athlete Representative for alpine skiers
The Australian will serve another two-year term on World Para Alpine Skiing’s Sport Technical Committee.
The year ahead in table tennis
Four regional Championships and the World Team Championships highlight 2017.
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University support for PyeongChang 2018
MOUs signed with US and Korean Institutions to add weight to robust volunteer program
![Strathmore water has been announced as the national supplier of bottled water for both the IAAF World Championships London 2017 and the World Para Athletics Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/170126072505162_Strathmore%2Bwater.jpg)
Strathmore water to hydrate world class athletes in 2017
Athletes, officials and volunteers at London 2017 will be hydrated by more than one million bottles of water being supplied by the water brand.
Visually impaired skiers needed for research at Worlds
Researchers from the University of Waterloo are inviting athletes to help with classification at the Para alpine Worlds in Tarvisio, Italy.
US snowboarders top home NorAm competition
Minor remains undefeated while Purdy makes successful season debut, just ahead of the 2017 World Championships.
Dennis reflects on Rio 2016, looks ahead to 2017
The US goalball player was a key member of the team that returned to the Paralympic podium at Rio 2016 and is now preparing for the next events.
![Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch was elected for induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.](/sites/default/files/images/170124123436327_Monique%2BKalkman.jpg)
Throwback Thursday: The Netherlands’ Monique Kalkman
The first Dutch female wheelchair tennis player to win Paralympic gold recalls Barcelona 1992, the Games in which she made history.