PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Anna Schaffelhuber, Germany celebrates her gold medal in the women's super-G](/sites/default/files/images/140617091043634_SOC_MH_140310_122151_6718.jpg)
Schaffelhuber wins opening Para alpine skiing World Cup
The German world and Paralympic champion showed she is in strong form ahead of January’s World Championships.
![Para sport education programmes held in the Americas](/sites/default/files/images/161215152351324_Para-sport-education-programmes-held-in-the-Americas.jpg)
Para sport education programmes held in the Americas
A total of 43 participants from 10 Latin American countries attended a Para powerlifting referee course and two Para athletics technical officials programmes.
![No. 17 Bochet claims 50th World Cup win](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/6susssb3nqJg7lyxVo6oZBPSBTBtSe1n3oZTeeS0qH4.jpg?itok=G_zqWCQp)
No. 17 Bochet claims 50th World Cup win
The French 11-time world champion won 17 World Cup races in a row in 2015-16, to follow up on her five world titles from 2015.
![2016 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships was held in Kosice, Slovakia.](/sites/default/files/images/161215084621106_dance_0.jpg)
Hosts wanted for Para dance sport Euros, Asian Champs
The Championships, scheduled for 2018, will attract some of the world’s best dancers.
![Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain](/sites/default/files/images/150225173658909_Chris%2BVos%2BLa%2BMolina.jpg)
Three things Chris Vos does off the snow
Which other teenage sports star does the Dutch world champion snowboarder like to watch when he’s not competing?
![The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March 2017.](/sites/default/files/images/161215110455466_Sao%2BPaulo%2B2017.jpg)
Coordination Commission ends second visit to Sao Paulo
The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March.
![Celal Coban of Turkey runs with the ball in the men's football 5-a-side during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/161215113414034_football%2B5.jpg)
Tickets on sale for football-5 Euros
The competition will take place in Berlin, Germany, between 17-27 August.
![Eliezer Gabriel Buenaventura never stopped dreaming - #TeamAgitos - on the Road to Rio](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Q29G7Jl57ujCDHi2UOVbIS8ZiXclMG4M49xkkBzPyrg.jpg?itok=g5ZXCSlB)
Buenaventura thanks Agitos Foundation for Rio journey
The Mexican track and field athlete made his Paralympic debut this year, with the support of the International Paralympic Committee’s development arm.
First Para clay target World Cup to take place
Several years of research and development has resulted in the inclusion of the shotgun discipline for shooters with a physical impairment.
![Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160913010611135_GettyImages-603207672.jpg)
Rio 2016 gives Simmonds ‘renewed desire’
Great Britain’s multiple Paralympic and world champion reflected on her third Paralympics and has set new goals.