PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair Curling Semi-final (RUS vs GBR) Team Russia group huddle

It will be the fourth time the event has been held in Switzerland since 2002.

Amy Purdy Toyota

After this year's Super Bowl featured two adverts starring people with an impairment, the IPC's Director of Media and Communications, asks if a new trend is emerging.

On the first full day of VISTA2013, IPC Sports Science Committee member Brendan Burkett explored the idea of whether sport equipment is performance enhancing or necessary for performance

Partners since 2006, the two organisations have agreed to work together identifying a number of collaborative areas through to after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Group of kids on a tennis court

Both Martin de la Puente and Viktoriia Lvova beat their opponents in straight sets to clinch the title.

Man crossing a finish line in a stadium, celebrating

Australia’s multiple-world and Paralympic champion wants to set a 100m world record that can never be beaten.

VI Classification

Last call to submit feedback on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 2017 Classification Code.

Two skiers starting from a start house on a ski slope

Victory for Canada’s Mac Marcoux over Russian Paralympic champion Valerii Redkozubov in St. Moritz.

Goalball - Asya Miller

The sport’s leading superpower has already qualified men’s and women’s teams for the first Paralympic Games in South America

Canada's wheelchair curling team

Paralympic and world champions head to Finland looking to cement their position as the world’s best wheelchair curling team.

The USA's Andrew Soule won an historic five golds medals at Cable 2015

The public has until Monday 9 February to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.