PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

View on a biathlon stadium, covered with snow

The Asia Cup will get underway on Thursday (28 January) as athletes get the chance to experience the venue for the next Paralympic Winter Games.

Spanish PC Logo

The agreements will help support Spanish athletes financially, among others, ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Man in wheelchair, hitting a ball with a tennis racket

Aniek Van Koot advances to semi-finals in women’s division.

Mac Marcoux

Austria’s Paralympic champion Marcus Salcher also secures his first World Cup victory in the opening speed races of the season.

A man wearing a navy shirt playing table tennis

Table tennis star Will Bayley is the top-ranked player in one of the most competitive classes heading into Rio 2016.

alpine skiing

More than 24 athletes took part in assessments at an IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Slovenia aiming to improve the classification system.

Chuck Aoki

The wheelchair rugby player shares why he is conflicted when being told that people ‘forget he uses a wheelchair.’

Man in yellow training suit raising his arms

Powerlifter Joseano Felipe, who was shot in spine trying to stop mass escape in 2000, broke an Americas record at the Rio 2016 test event.

Group shot of people in the snow holding a banner

National Technical Officials from South Korea are ready to oversee alpine skiing and snowboard competitions during the next two seasons.

French skier Marie Bochet skied the downhill at Panorama 2015.

The 11-time world champion and quadruple Paralympic champion reveals all about her season so far.