PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Jessica Long of the USA competes in the Women's 100m Breaststroke SB7 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.](/sites/default/files/images/150715095015310_2015%2BIPC%2BSwimming%2BWorld%2BChampionships_20150714_Luc%2BPercival_1001_HD.jpg)
Long plans to compete at ‘one more’ Paralympics
USA’s multi-swimming Paralympic champion took her medal count to 23 at Rio 2016 and is now hoping to compete at her last Paralympic Games, in Tokyo, Japan.
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Tesch inducted into Wheelchair Basketball Hall of Fame
The 47-year-old, who won two silver and one bronze Paralympic medals, was honoured at a ceremony in Melbourne, Australia, on 25 November.
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IPC statement on the final McLaren Report
Following the publication of the final McLaren Report on Friday 9 December, the IPC has issued its response.
![The IPC media team won in-house team of the year and PR professional of the year at the 2016 European Excellence Awards in Berlin.](/sites/default/files/images/161209122746449_Team%2Bwin.jpg)
The IPC win European in-house PR team of the year
At an awards ceremony in Berlin, the IPC won two awards - in-house team of the year and PR professional of the year.
![Two Para ice hockey players battle for the puck](/sites/default/files/images/150504095750538_web%2B20150503_USA%2Bv%2BCAN_0388.jpg)
USA to play Canada for Sledge Hockey Challenge title
Norway will play South Korea for bronze on Saturday (10 December) in Charlottetown, Canada.
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Paralympians celebrated at Australian Paralympic Awards
Dylan Alcott crowned Paralympian of the Year, six inducted into the Australian Paralympic Hall of Fame.
![Day 1: IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup Vuokatti](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/h2Mc85DoXvNvttgCMqaoNil02QJn8VkobJlrgO_AtzY.jpg?itok=IcPI7DAl)
World Cup wins for Japan, Canada, USA, Ukraine
Racing in the sprint cross-country at the first Nordic World Cup of the season, athletes such as Canada’s Brian McKeever shone in Vuokatti, Finland.
![Prince George, Canada set to host 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/cXGBy9qEyjhU5og-vpbO0Cvky77PbabpMzc5Vqyk3bk.jpg?itok=um1bZZys)
Prince George, Canada set to host 2019 Nordic Worlds
After hosting the Canada Winter Games, Prince George is preparing for the world’s best Para cross-country skiers and biathletes to take to the trails.
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No. 23 Nigeria most successful African nation at Rio 2016
With eight gold, two silver and two bronze, the country’s Paralympians even outdid their Olympic counterparts.
![Simone Rocha and Ana Carolina Custodio (BRA) compete against USA in Goalball](/sites/default/files/images/160909151925853_Goalball%2BRio%2BParalympics%2B2016.jpg)
Brazil’s goalball players reflect on Rio 2016
The Brazilian men’s team took bronze, whilst the women’s finished fourth at Latin America’s first Paralympic Games.