PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![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.
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New swimming classification course launched
World Para Swimming is inviting potential classifiers to receive hands-on training in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March.
![A man and a woman in a stadium, with spadens, working on an athletics track](/sites/default/files/images/160229160257688_500%2Bdays%2Buntil%2BLondon%2B2017.jpg)
Media Advisory - London 2017 media accreditation opens
Media can now apply for accreditation via www.paralympic.org/london-2017