PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Jade Jones of Great Britain looks on after her race during the Visa London Disability Athletics Challenge LOCOG Test Event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150116104118561_Jade%2BJones%2Bof%2BGreat%2BBritain.jpg)
Brits to line-up for World Para Athletics Marathon Cup in London
The Virgin Money London Marathon will take place on Sunday 23 April.
![Will Downing](/sites/default/files/images/170221092728178_Will%2BDowning.jpg)
Para athletics explained – commentating at major events
Ahead of London 2017, the IPC’s lead athletics commentator Will Downing explains what it’s like to cover a major Championships.
![I’m Possible’s name is inspired by an iconic moment from the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170221105945128_GettyImages-479120293.jpg)
Next generation to be shown ‘I’m Possible’
The International Paralympic Committee launched the Japanese version of materials that aims to educate youngsters on the Paralympic Movement.
![South Korea’s Min Kyong Cho and her husband.](/sites/default/files/images/170221111650814_photo%2Bof%2BCho%2BMin%2BKyong%2Band%2Bher%2Bhusband.jpg)
Min Kyong Cho trades water for ice
The South Korean takes on a new challenge when she makes her wheelchair curling debut in March’s World Championships.
![Slovenian Paralympians Veselka Pevec and Dejan Febcic were awarded for their achievements from 2016.](/sites/default/files/images/170221112347590_Bloudek_awards.jpg)
Slovenia’s Pevec, Febcic receive awards
Veselka Pevec received one of the nation’s most prestigious awards, and Dejan Febcic was recognised regionally.
![Slovenia’s Veselka Pevec (centre) won her country’s only gold medal at Rio 2016.](/sites/default/files/images/170220100131199_Veselka%2BPevec.jpg)
Paralympic champion Pevec: ‘I was afraid I was the worst’
Slovenia’s Veselka Pevec had a hard road to Rio 2016, but despite her fears she left with a gold medal.
![Ernst van Dyk of South Africa](/sites/default/files/images/170220101535761_Ernst%2BVan%2BDyk.jpg)
Van Dyk thinks marathon world record could go in Tokyo
Although it’s early in the season he believes Sunday’s race could see a racer try to crack the 18 year-old record.
![Gordon Reid - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160916214826650_29407881680_8e09f13cca_z.jpg)
Gordon Reid wins back-to-back Rotterdam titles
The British Paralympic champion won his first title of the season following a rough start to the season in Australia.
Curtis McGrath wins World Paddle award
The Australian Para canoeist won the award he said ‘is commonly won by able-bodied athletes.’
![Gangneung 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships - logo](/sites/default/files/images/170125090203424_Gangneung%2B2017%2BWorld%2BPara%2BIce%2BHockey%2BChampionships-01.jpg)
World Para Ice Hockey Worlds website launched
With 50 days to go until the competition opens in Gangneung, South Korea, on 11 April, fans and the media can find all the information they need.