PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Football 5 referees trained in Italy and Colombia
IBSA also released an unofficial Spanish translation of the new rules.
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Arturs Klots wins Para bobsleigh World Championships
The Latvian was the fastest in all four runs in monobob to claim gold at the second edition of the event in St Moritz, Switzerland, on 5 February.
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Slovenian NPC active in making Para sport equal
The National Paralympic Committee and athletes met with government officials to discuss a new law which will help Para sport be recognised as equal.
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Second World title, but first as a mother for Huckaby
Unfavorable conditions and taking a season off did not slow down Brenna Huckaby at Big White 2017. She willl now go for gold in banked slalom.
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Bibian Mentel-Spee re-elected as Athlete Representative for snowboard
The Dutch athlete will serve another two-year term on World Para Snowboard’s Sport Technical Committee.
![Noelle Lenihan of Ireland competes in the women's discus F38 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.](/sites/default/files/images/160603070456726_Noelle%2BLenihan.jpg)
Ten rising Para athletics stars for 2017
With July’s World Championships on the horizon, find out who the youngsters to look out for are this season.
![Seung-Hwan Jung of South Korea competes at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Ostersund, Sweden](/sites/default/files/images/150316172239727_IPC%2BIce%2BSledge%2BHockey%2BWorld%2BChampionships%2B2015%2BB-Pool_061_0.jpg)
South Korea seek to end Para ice hockey struggles
It has been a rough road to PyeongChang 2018 so far for South Korea’s Para ice hockey squad, but Seung-Hwan Jung wants to change that.
Riders chase – and watch – for Mentel-Spee at Big White 2017
The Dutch athlete will attempt to defend her first of two world gold medals as snowboard-cross begins.
Three reasons why Martin Fleig loves skiing
As one of Germany’s top Nordic skiers, Fleig is preparing for his home World Championships in Finsterau from 10-19 February.
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German House for PyeonChang 2018 announced
The hospitality offering of NPC Germany will be located at the Birch Hill Golf Club.