PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Road to Sao Paulo 2017 - Meet Camila Haase (Costa Rica)](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/TLoxj8uWuaTxO0c2uF1RvSfDTT87cQ-2WUHbQgxx5Jc.jpg?itok=INHvzz5u)
Camila Haase excited to compete at Sao Paulo 2017
The 17-year-old Costa Rican swimmer highlights the importance of the Youth Parapans to give youngsters the chance to experience international competition.
![Italy's two-time Paralympic champion Martina Caironi tells us her favourite holiday destination.](/sites/default/files/images/170317121232328_Martina%2BCaironi.jpg)
Holiday Hotspot with Italy’s Martina Caironi
The two-time Paralympic champion reveals her favourite holiday destination and two items she cannot live without.
Edlinger claims World Cup title in Sapporo
The Austrian skier secured the women’s visually impaired title with guide brother Julian Josef in Sapporo, Japan.
![The Americas Paralympic Committee Executive Commitee elected in Sao Paulo in March 2017. From left to right: Bayron Lopez, Ileana Rodriguez, Julie O'Neill, Jose Luis Campo, Eduardo Montenegro and Pedro Mejia.](/sites/default/files/images/170319153456377_APC%2BExecutive%2BCommittee_0.jpg)
Jose Luis Campo re-elected Americas Paralympic Committee President
Eduardo Montenegro of Cuba was voted Vice-president for a second consecutive term; USA's Julie O´Neill, Ecuador's Bayron Lopez and Colombia's Pedro Mejia are the new three Members.
![Anne Dunham](/sites/default/files/images/160927080916590_Anne%2BDunham%2B1.jpg)
Paralympic champion Anne Dunham retires
The 68-year-old Para equestrian rider closes her career with 19 Paralympic titles over five Games.
Koblenz to hold draw for IWRF 2017 European Championship
The draw for this summer’s competition will take place on Monday 20 March and streamed live on Facebook.
![Veronica Hipolito of Brazil set World Record over 100m T38 at the IPC Athletics World Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/131125110324597_Veronica%2BHipolito%2Bcredit%2Bgetty%2Bimages.jpg)
Five Youth Parapan graduates who became Paralympians
Check out five athletes who started their careers at the Youth Parapan American Games and later starred at the Paralympic Games.
![South Africa's Ilse Hayes celebrates wining silver in the 400m T13 final at Rio 2016.](/sites/default/files/images/170317125930153_GettyImages-607305498.jpg)
My toughest opponent by South Africa’s Ilse Hayes
In a new series, top Para athletes talk about their toughest opponent.
![Henrieta Farkasova](/sites/default/files/images/151028111249890_Henrieta%2BFarkasova_getty.jpg)
Triple success for Farkasova after season’s final World Cup race
Slalom and overall World Cup titles were decided on the final day of the PyeongChang 2018 Test Event in South Korea.
![Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova won golds in biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Nordic skiing Worlds.](/sites/default/files/images/150127234809208_Oleksandra%2BKononova%2BUkraine.jpg)
Kononova claims cross-country World Cup
Winners in the men’s and women’s sitting were also decided in Sapporo, Japan, on Saturday (18 March).