PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Aspiring elite-level skiers and snowboarders continue to learn the skills they need to compete at the highest level.

SIUS contract signing

Swiss company will provide official targets and results for next three years.

Alex Zanardi and Ernst Van Dyk

Italy’s Alex Zanardi and South Africa’s Ernst Van Dyk got a kick-start this year at the UCI’s World Cup and World Championship events.

Patrick Anderson

Find how to watch live action from the tournament of men’s wheelchair basketball teams from Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea.

Closing Ceremony Vancouver 2010

IPC members and the public can now nominate male and female winter athletes and coaches for the Paralympic Hall of Fame.

#IPCTop50: No 49 - Gideon the Amphibian Namibian makes history at IPC Swimming World Championships

Gideon Nasilowski – dubbed the Amphibian Namibian – has entered into the International Paralympic Committee’s Top 50 Moments of 2013 after becoming the first Namibian swimmer to enter a World Championships.

Melissa Tapper

Melissa Tapper, James Kwon and Nathan Pellissier all won their singles events at the 2013 ITTF Oceania Regional Para-Table Tennis Championships.

Nely Miranda

World Champion swimmer wins 2013 National Sport Award in Paralympic category.

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The world’s No. 2 wheelchair tennis quads player is competing against able-bodied athletes for the top sports award in South Africa.

Joann Formosa

Joann Formosa has been competing for Australia’s national para-dressage team since 2006.