PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Laura Valeanu skiing

Romania will make its second appearance at a Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi

Argentinian team walks into Vancouver 2010 Olympic Stadium

With 30 gold medals in summer sports to its name, Argentina is yet to win gold at a Paralympic Winter Games.

A picture of a woman skiing on the slopes

Just one-hundredth of a second separated the top finishers in the women’s visually impaired slalom at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup.

Andrea Eskau Oberstdorf

Japanese, Swedish, French, Norwegian and German athletes haul six podium places at IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Oberstdorf, Germany, including first place for home skier Andrea Eskau.

Canada's ice sledge hockey team

Along with veteran forwards Greg Westlake and Brad Bowden, a load of youngsters hopes to lead the defending world champions to Paralympic gold.

Taiki Morii

The IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Copper Mountain, Colorado in the USA opened on Friday (17 January) with the giant slalom event.

A picture of a man skiing a biathlon

Two first places for Brian Mckeever and Chris Klebl in long distance freestyle races at cross-country World Cup finals.

Evan Strong snowboarding

The world’s top 10 riders gather in Colorado beginning on Friday (17 January) for the opening World Cup of the year, with less than 50 days to go until the debut of para-snowboard cross at Sochi 2014.

Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans in action in La Molina

The world’s best skiers will continue their bid for glory with less than 50 days to go until Sochi 2014.

Anna-Carin Ahlquist

Para-table tennis players Ma Lin of China and Anna-Carin Ahlquist of Sweden were honoured during a night of glitz and glamour.