PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
World Para Athletics Grand Prix dates for 2017 announced
Running from March to June, the 2017 Grand Prix season will involve nine events, including one in Paris for the first time.
![Skier in orange and white ski suit, skis at speed down slope](/sites/default/files/images/140611094406733_SOC_20140316_LP_0080_WEB.jpg)
Canada take double victory at alpine skiing World Cup
A series of athletes also emerged onto the podium for the first time in Slovenia on Wednesday (18 January).
![Anna Schaffelhuber](/sites/default/files/images/140315140839688_478601741.jpg)
Schaffelhuber reflects on Paralympic build-up
Germany’s five-time Paralympic champion is building towards the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
![Shingo Kunieda](/sites/default/files/images/170117113632031_Shingo-Kunieda.jpg)
UNIQLO extends wheelchair tennis sponsorship until 2021
The UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour started with 11 tournaments in 1992 and consists now of more than 150 annually over 40 countries.
![Ihar Boki competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.](/sites/default/files/images/150714170830537_2015%2BIPC%2BSwimming%2BWorld%2BChampionships_20150714_Luc%2BPercival_0073_HD.jpg)
Ones to watch for 2017 for swimming and wheelchair fencing announced
Ten wheelchair fencers and 32 swimmers have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
![The Alpensia Resort is seen from above on February 10, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.](/sites/default/files/images/150306095847428_PyeongChang%2B1.jpg)
IPC opens media accreditation for PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games
Interested non rights holding broadcasters can apply online via https://www.paralympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/media
![Para Nordic Skiing World Cup Western Center - Ukraine](/sites/default/files/images/170117165227848_Ukraine%2BWorld%2BCup.jpg)
Chalencon claims first biathlon World Cup win
France’s Para Nordic skier won the men’s Individual visually impaired race in Western Center, Ukraine, on 17 January.
![A quarter of a million schoolchildren across Greater London given opportunity to attend the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.](/sites/default/files/images/170117094444153_Schools-Map.jpg)
School ticketing initiative launched for London 2017
A quarter of a million schoolchildren across Greater London given opportunity to attend the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.
![View on slopes in the sunshine](/sites/default/files/images/160111115516076_Kranjska%2BGora%2BIPC%2Bphoto.jpg)
World Cup in Kranjska Gora to be shown live
A host of world champions and World Cup leaders will line up for slalom and giant slalom in Slovenia from 18-20 January, ahead of the Worlds.
![Logo of the Agitos Foundation](/sites/default/files/images/161019114537195_Agitos_Logo_final_symbol-01.jpg)
Countries spread the word with Agitos Foundation help
The National Paralympic Committees of Haiti, Argentina, Cameroon and Ghana implemented successful media campaigns for Rio 2016.