Nominees for the October’s Athlete of the Month award include: Kgothatso Montjane, Melissa Stockwell, Yannick Bourseaux, Marcel Hug and Alphanso Cunningham.

Athletics

Here’s a brief run-down of the top Paralympic sporting events around the world to keep your eyes on in November.

Athletics

London 2012 gold medallist Alphanso Cunningham was named the Most Outstanding Male Athlete with a Disability at the Commonwealth Sports Awards gala.

Sochi 2014

NHL player Thomas Vanek donated equipment and resources to help his father’s ice sledge hockey team make their first World Championships.

Sochi 2014

With almost 16 months to go until the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games, snowboarders are getting their first chance to register and qualify to compete.

Cycling

London 2012 silver medallist Tobias Fankhauser was named the Swiss Paralympic Newcomer of 2012.

VISTA

The Australian Paralympic champion and biomechanics professor will discuss changes in wheelchairs and prosthetic legs at the VISTA 2013 conference.

Wheelchair Basketball

Germany’s Mareike Adermann says that her drive to succeed has not ceased just because she won gold at London 2012.

Athletics

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug and Japan’s Tsuchida Wakako won the men’s and women’s T34/53/54 titles at the Oita Marathon.

Wheelchair Tennis

The Netherlands’ Maikel Scheffers and Jiske Griffioen won the men’s and women’s singles competition at the Nottingham Indoor wheelchair tennis tournament.