PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two skiers behind each other on the slope

Markus Walser, Chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee, conducted a site visit for the alpine skiing World Championships.

Matti Suur-Hamari

Finnish lower-limb impaired rider Suur-Hamari offers his training advice to aspiring snowboarders.

No. 6 Australia crowned wheelchair rugby champions for the first time

After gold at London 2012, the Australian wheelchair rugby team are now world champions after success in Denmark.

Fact of the week - Para-snowboard

In 2012 it was announced that para-snowboard would be included in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

No. 7 Ukraine compete at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Despite huge political tensions, Ukraine stayed to compete in what they described as “the most tragic Paralympic Games in the history of Paralympic sport in Ukraine”.

Beatrice Vio

There were few surprises as the year’s in-form athletes took titles at the final event of the year – the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong.

David Wagner

American and Japanese duo finish 2014 atop the wheelchair tennis world rankings.

Marguerite Christophers has been appointed Paralympics New Zealand Classificiation Manager from 1 January 2015.

In response to dramatic growth of High Performance Programme, PNZ has appointed Marguerite Christophers

No 8 Rehm smashing world record

German T44 long jumper Markus Rehm beat able-bodied athletes to become German national champion and set a new para-athletics world record.

Happy Holidays 2014