One of New Zealand’s most successful swimmers, Sophie Pascoe will have to fight off rivals Elodie Lorandi and Canada’s Aurelie Rivard at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.
The National Paralympic Committee has been bringing together representatives from all islands to identify new athletes and have organised a national Championships.
Snowboard
Austrian rider Patrick Mayrhofer has set his sights on a medal in the new discipline of banked slalom as well as snowboard-cross.
Alpine Skiing
It was Groundhog Day in St Moritz as Marcoux, Bugaev, Bochet, Umstead and Schaffelhuber all secured slalom World Cup Finals wins.
Wheelchair Curling
Paralympic and world champions Canada are looking to add a fourth title to their collection.
PyeongChang 2018
IPC CEO asks PyeongChang to “start putting plans into action” as it approaches three years to go until the next Paralympic Winter Games.
VISTA
VISTA 2017 will be the first major gathering of international experts in Paralympic sport following the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Para Ice Hockey
Russia also took victory over South Korea at the 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Leduc, Canada.
Sitting Volleyball
New site can be found at www.worldparavolley.org
Wheelchair Curling
It will be the fourth time the event has been held in Switzerland since 2002.