PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Florian Planker

Find out how you can interact with Dutch snowboarder Bibian Mentel, Italian ice sledge hockey player Florian Planker and American cross-country skier Tatyana McFadden.

Ryan Chalmers

The American Paralympian pushed 3,500 miles across his country, while the British Paralympian ran 40 marathons in 40 days.

Australian Rugby Team

Australia, Japan and New Zealand finished atop the podium at the 2013 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Asia-Oceania Championships.

Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel

Roles of President, Vice President and Members at Large will be elected beginning at 13:30 (CET).

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Just hours after defeating Shingo Kunieda for the Roland Garros singles titles, Stephane Houdet partnered with him to win the doubles title.

2013 Youth Parapans

October’s Parapan American and Asian Youth Games may have very well produced future Paralympians.

Award winners

Find out which athletes and media were honoured for their top performances and coverage at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Current world No. 1 kicks off arguably the most important season of her para-snowboard career in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Brazil football 5-a-side

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Australia wheelchair rugby, Brazil football 5-a-side and Canada men’s wheelchair basketball.

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Some of Great Britain's finest World and Paralympic champions will be among the 290 disabled swimmers at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, this weekend (23-24 November), the largest event of its kind in the country for some time.