PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Female skier in racing suit passing a gate on a ski slope

A series of surprise results mark the last day of the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships as a challenging course claims world and Paralympic medallists.

Two female cyclists in black racing suits on a tandem, competing at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

New Zealand’s para-cyclist Phillipa Gray won gold, silver and bronze medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Wheelchair tennis player David Hall is inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame at the 2015 Australian Open. In March 2015, he has also been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

The Australian wheelchair tennis star will be joined by WTA champion Amelie Mauresmo and tennis industry leader Nancy Jeffett.

Sitting volleyball

Camp will be held at the end of April with the aim of recruiting men’s and women’s teams to compete at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

A stunning view of Rio from Sugar Loaf Mountain

Boccia’s world governing board impressed by preparations for next year’s event.

Seung-Hwan Jung

Slovakia’s Peter Stit weighs in on the three players he fears facing most at March’s IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

women in wheelchair saves the basketball

The women’s wheelchair basketball teams have secured their spots in the South American Championships in Cali, Colombia.

Action from the Wheelchair Basketball match between Great Britain and Germany at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

National coach Nicolai Zeltinger has named 13 players to the provisional squad including three newcomers.

Bibian Mentel receives her Sochi gold

The winner of the very first women’s Paralympic gold in para-snowboard talks about pushing the sport on after the success of the Paralympic Winter Games.

Benoit Huot

Five Paralympic and Commonwealth Games medals were presented to the Canadian swimmer by the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Canada.