PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Richard Brown on the cover of Paralympian

The third and final magazine of 2015 wraps up all the last World and regional Championships, as well as the ‘big deals’ made ahead of Rio 2016.

IWRF logo

Last two positions for the Rio 2016 wheelchair rugby competition to be awarded in Paris in April.

Brothers Mac and BJ Marcoux on the slope

Canada’s Mac and BJ Marcoux reunited on home snow to win gold in the downhill, their first World Championships title.

Todd Nicholson

IPC Athletes Council Chairperson Todd Nicholson looks back on 2015

snowboarder Chris Vos

Dutch teenager Chris Vos sweeps all events as banked slalom, snowboard-cross head-to-head and two lower-limb impairment classifications debut.

Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo

The ITF's flagship wheelchair tennis event will take place in the same venue where the sport will be contested in Tokyo 2020.

Patrik Hetmer of Czech Republic

Czech Republic’s bronze medallist from the 2015 alpine skiing Worlds reveals he is also trying to qualify for Rio 2016 Paralympic Games marathon.

New ski resort in Beijing

The 2022 Paralympic Winter Games will take place between 4-13 March.

Six people on stage pushing a button.

The Korean Paralympic Committee held a ceremony to celebrate the growth of the Paralympic Movement in the country.

Jiske Griffioen

Jiske Griffioen, Dylan Alcott become the new leaders in their respective categories, while the biggest upset came in the men’s singles.