PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Dave Malone at the 2004 Athens Paralympic Games

Three-time Paralympic swimming medallist Dave Malone has been appointed Paralympics Ireland Performance Manager.

Men's standing podium Super Combined Alpine World Cup Panorama 2014

Austria’s Markus Salcher, France’s Marie Bochet and Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber all secured their second wins of the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Panorama, Canada, on Sunday (12 January) with victories in their respective super combined events.

'Shayba' Arena in Sochi

• Five HD channels will show all winter sports live via www.paralympic.org• Team of writers will produce around 150 stories during the Games

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The conclusion of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup shows competition is fierce heading into final two competitions in Germany before Sochi 2014.

Thor Kleppe

Kleppe played a key role in the development of Ice Sledge Hockey and Wheelchair Dance Sport

Panorama

Heavy snow leads to 24 hour delay of super combined event which will now take place on Sunday.

USA ice sledge hockey

The Americans snapped the Canadians’ 16-game winning streak by taking two victories in their exhibition ice sledge hockey series.

Marie Bochet

French skier Bochet continues where she left off in 2013 on a day when American skiers excelled.

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Why would Sweden’s ice sledge hockey team nominate a captain who’s making his Paralympic debut?

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First day of biathlon races in IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup take place in -12 degrees Celcius, with Russians winning all six races.