PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Paralympics Ireland

Paralympics Ireland has announced its 2014 Athlete Panel which features 45 athletes across 11 sports and is comprised of those considered most likely to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

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Stoke Mandeville will become the first place to be involved in the Paralympic Torch Relay outside of the Games’ host country.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Libyan powerlifter Abdelrazik Baaba has been suspended for two years and fined EUR 1,500 for an Anti-Doping Rule violation.

Screenshot Danielle Umstead Facebook Page

Facebook is a the platform of choice, especially for European alpine skiers. Here’s a list of the 14 profiles you should be following for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

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Japan has participated at all 10 previous Paralympic Winter Games (1976 - 2010)

Walid Ktila

Five world and 10 regional records fall on first two days of IPC Athletics Grand Prix

Mac and B.J. Marcoux

At 16 and 19 years old, alpine skiers Mac and B.J. Marcoux are heading to their first Paralympics with little to lose.

Paralympian 1/1/2014

Plan your daily viewing schedule for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics with the latest edition of the IPC’s Paralympian magazine.

Canada's ice sledge hockey team

After a disappointing fourth-place finish at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics, can Greg Westlake lead Canada’s top-seeded sledge hockey squad to gold?

USA ice sledge hockey team

On Monday evening (24 February) PBS will air a one-hour documentary on the USA’s ice sledge hockey team heading to the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.