PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Powerlifting at the Parapans

The Argentinian powerlifting team is training hard for the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships, a key step towards the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The Alpensia Resort is seen from above on February 10, 2015 in the mountain cluster of Pyeongchang, South Korea.

The Korea International Co-operation Agency will support the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Melissa Tapper

Players from Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Samoa will compete in the event between 10-12 April

Blindfolded women with guide running in a relay

The Chinese Asian Para Games champion will be competing at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing and hopes to challenge her Brazilian rival later this year.

The TO2015 Parapan American Games Torch Relay will begin on 3 August 2015.

For the first time two separate flames will be lit in special ceremonies on 3 August which will then unite on 6 August

A picture of a girl swimming

Olivier van der Voort and Lisette Teunissen are amongst those who set six world records at the Swim Cup Eindhoven in the Netherlands from 2-5 April.

New Zealand's Corey Peters won his first world titles at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

New world champion Corey Peters and Paralympic gold medallist Adam hall are expected to compete on home snow in New Zealand.

Motoi Oyama, President, CEO and Representative Director of ASICS; Yoshiro Mori, Tokyo 2020 President

The corporation has joined in the category of “Sporting Goods" (Sports Apparel & Sports Equipment).

The number of VI classifiers increased by 50 per cent in April 2015 thanks to a training course in Athens, Greece.

Concluding a course hosted in Athens, Greece, the number of international visual impairment classifiers has now increased by 50 per cent.

Samsung Group became a domestic sponsor of PyeongChang 2018 in April 2015.

The sponsor package is worth KRW 100 billion.