Paralympic News: Follow the latest IPC news and top stories featuring Paralympic athletes
![Ottobock provides technical and welding services at the International Wheelchair Rugby Championship, also a test event for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160303102019163_FotorCreated.jpg)
Ottobock provides wheelchair rugby services ahead of Rio 2016
The mobility solutions supplier has provided technical and welding services at the International Wheelchair Rugby Championship and Test Event.
![Chris Sharp, Andrew May and Richard Dodson aboard their boat during the New Zealand 2016 Summer Paralympic Team Selection Announcement at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on March 3, 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand.](/sites/default/files/images/160303103244865_sailing.jpg)
New Zealand names sailing team for Rio 2016
The National Paralympic Committee also announced partnerships with Maersk Line and Oceanbridge.
![Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.](/sites/default/files/images/160303111933665_FotorCreated.jpg)
German, Canadian, Austrian skiers seal downhill globes
Kurt Oatway, Mac Marcoux, Anna-Lena Forster and Markus Salcher are all overall winners thanks to their performances in Aspen, USA.
![Female wheelchair tennis player in action on a blue court](/sites/default/files/images/121203113534829_108332258.jpg)
Griffioen aiming for more than Paralympic gold
Prior to the Games in Rio, the Dutchwoman is also seeking two Grand Slam titles.
![Three people on a boath showing the British flag](/sites/default/files/images/160302093421450_ParaWorlds2015_TDodds-3339.jpg)
Great Britain name sailing team for Rio 2016
The British complete their team by announcing their SKUD 18 and sonar teams for the upcoming Paralympics.
![A female standing skier competes in super-G](/sites/default/files/images/150308005628533_Marie%2BBochet_0.jpg)
France’s Bochet takes overall downhill World Cup
Competition across classifications also hots up heading into the final downhill races in Aspen, USA.
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Nominees for 2016 Laureus World Sports Awards announced
Six para-athletes are up for the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.
![Collage of five athlete photos](/sites/default/files/images/160302152337815_AotM%2BFeb.jpg)
Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – February 2016
The public has until 9 March to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
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Experienced, rising riders to compete at CHI AL SHAQAB
A mix of para-equestrian riders will test themselves ahead of the Rio 2016 Games at the competition in Doha, Qatar.
![Five men and one women all put their hands together and smile to the camera](/sites/default/files/images/160302164417240_Americacs.jpg)
Lima 2019 Parapan American Games to feature a record 17 sports
The Lima 2019 Organising Committee has signed an agreement with the Americas Paralympic Committee to stage the biggest ever Parapan American Games.
![Graphic with a picture of a man on a podium, celebrating](/sites/default/files/images/160302082427872_Aled%2BDavies2.jpg)
My best and worst moments: Great Britain’s Aled Davies
The British discus and shot put world champion recalls the highs and lows of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014.
![A man and a woman in a stadium, with spadens, working on an athletics track](/sites/default/files/images/160229160257688_500%2Bdays%2Buntil%2BLondon%2B2017.jpg)
Track transformation takes place ahead of London 2017
British Paralympian Richard Whitehead helped remove the finish line of the old track to mark 500 days to go until the 2017 Para-athletics World Championships.
![a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet](/sites/default/files/images/160115130934951_Angie%2BBallard%2Bcredit%2Bgetty.jpg)
Training Tuesday with Australia’s Angie Ballard
The T53 racer set new world records over 400m and 800m in 2015 and is targeting her first Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.
![Coral Batey is not fazed by being the only woman in the Great Britain squad.](/sites/default/files/images/170202124333819_Coral-wheelchair-rugby.jpg)
Great Britain triumph at wheelchair rugby Test Event
European champions among three teams to test the venues for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Alain Dehaze with Ayumi Kunori](/sites/default/files/images/160301090827151_addeco.jpg)
Adecco offers chance for 50 youngsters to become ‘CEOs for One Month’
Online applications open from 1 March to 15 April.
![Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him](/sites/default/files/images/140325143744546_478363117.jpg)
Skiers prepare for speed World Cup Finals
Close races loom as skiers go head-to-head for overall super-G and downhill globes between 1-4 March.
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Month in review: February 2016
The month was packed with winter sports, including two World Championships.
![Graphic with three women sprinting](/sites/default/files/images/160229082016093_29%2BFeb%2B2016.jpg)
Music Monday: South Africa’s Ilse Hayes
The world champion sprinter who set a sensational new 100m world record last year shares her musical tastes.
French prepare for snowboard Europa Cup Finals, World Cup
Athletes will compete at Les Angles in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom between 8-12 March.
![Manuela Schär and Ernst Van Dyk](/sites/default/files/images/160226145522713_FotorCreatedmanuela_0.jpg)
Ernst Van Dyk and Manuela Schär to defend NYC Half titles in March
The South African and Swiss racers will headline a strong field on Sunday 20 March.