PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Para Snowboarder Sandrine Hamel in action at PyeongChang 2018](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Sandrine-Hamel.jpg)
Canadian Snowboarder Sandrine Hamel’s spirit of adventure
From dirt bikes to drums, Hamel cannot resist a challenge
![IPC Chief Membership and Impact Officer Kristina Molloy](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Kristina-Molloy.jpg)
IPC appoint Kristina Molloy as Chief Membership and Impact Officer
Molloy has held various leadership roles promoting accessibility and disability inclusion within the Government of Canada and the Paralympic Movement
![⭐ Ones to Watch - Para snowboard 🏂 | Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Zd5a1qquxYPFCECfP9ZsWcuUzmiVUc8gNdA1NKWMLVk.jpg?itok=DpNLxLfb)
Sport Week: Ones to watch for Para Snowboard
The youngest sport at the Winter Paralympics has some top athletes
![A banner with a female Para swimmer and the announcement of the Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships](/sites/default/files/2022-02/WPS%202023%20key%20visual%20%281%29.jpg)
Manchester announced as host city for 2023 Para Swimming World Championships
It will be the 11th edition of the competition and the third to take place in Great Britain following Glasgow 2015 and London 2019
![A man on a snowboard with his arms stretched going into the curve.](/sites/default/files/2022-02/rsz_dsc_0445.jpg)
Superb Ben Tudhope storms to Crystal Globe glory at Big White World Cup
Australian takes the men's overall SB-LL2 title in Canada as riders deliver exciting performances ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics
![🤓 We Know You Didn't Know - Para Snowboard 🏂 | Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/xi7PI7ljYDPsvGxWT0TSHqZdkztftM7vtxis_Pn8Rmg.jpg?itok=RRE-zgLG)
Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para Snowboard
The sport first featured at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014
![Cato Zahl Pedersen](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Pedersen%203.jpeg)
Amazing adventures of Norway legend Pedersen
From Antarctica to Everest, seven-time Paralympian has always liked a challenge
![2022 Toyota Big Game Commercial: Brothers Extended Cut | Start Your Impossible](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/4Zw8hbWKlF-61sxYTht4PoUJQ6EKoj5xI3xxo0SiC-U.jpg?itok=1ekpmRtK)
Paralympic champion Brian McKeever featured in Toyota's emotional Super Bowl ad
The Canadian vision impaired skier is the most decorated male cross-country Paralympian in history
![A Para ice hockey player celebrates a game win](/sites/default/files/images/170418125247210_Andrea%2BMacri%2BItaly.jpg)
Wine-lover Andrea Macri hopes 2022 is vintage year for Para Ice Hockey
Italy defender on a mission to raise awareness of his sport at Beijing 2022 ahead of Milano-Cortina 2026
![The image of a hand of person manipulating samples in a laboratory](/sites/default/files/2022-02/Pixabay%20Lab.png)
Tunisian athlete Yassine Gharbi suspended three years for anti-doping rule violation
Tunisian Para athletics athlete returned an adverse analytical finding in an Out-of-Competition test on December 2020