PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Jannik Blair of Australia in action during Men's Wheelchair Basketball match between Australia and Japan at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The London 2012 silver medallists and 2014 world champions left Rio empty handed and Jannik Blair is working for redemption.

Mark Arendz, Oksana Masters and Alexander Cataldo are the three shortlisted Para athletes for the Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’ poll for February 2017.

Popular vote will decide who the best athlete in the Americas was in February 2017, via www.americasparalympic.org.

Australian Paralympic Committee logo

Kiteley will join the Australian Paralympic Committee to help national Para athletes and coaches strive for new great heights.

Man in sit ski in action on the slopes

Multiple Paralympic and world champions have travelled to Japan ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Test Event.

sit skier in action on a slope

Japan’s Taiki Morii is preparing for the Para alpine skiing season climax, which includes a World Cup at home in Hakuba from Sunday (5 March).

Martin Joppa of Slovakia at the Ostersund 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

The competition will be the last chance for teams to qualify for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Woman on bike in a velodrome

Jamie Whitmore and Joseph Berenyi took two titles for the USA, whilst Canada also celebrated double gold through Ross Wilson and Tristen Chernove.

Rob Jones and Oksana Masters

Six nations will partake in the development camp.

Three men on a podium

The final day of action in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, saw the men’s and women’s heavyweights in action.

The first of 2017’s World Para Athletics education courses took place in Canberra, Australia.

The course in Canberra is one of many education courses planned for around the world this year in the sport of Para athletics.