PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Anja Wicker, Germany turning

Germany’s biathlon Paralympic champion is excited ahead of her home World Championships in Finsterau, from 10-19 February.

The Paralympic flag will join the Olympic flag on a tour of Tokyo

The Organising Committee aims to collect eight tons of metal from discarded or obsolete electronic devices

Samantha Bosco of the USA competes in the women's C5 3000m individual pursuit track cycling at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Sixteen athletes from the host nation will compete at the UCI Para cycling Track World Championships in March.

Benjamin Netanyahu

Paralympians were also recognised in an awards ceremony celebrating achievements in 2016.

Steve Cash making a save against Greg Westlake in the gold medal game USA v Canada at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA.

The A-Pool Championships will also be the Test Event for PyeongChang 2018 and will be a crucial qualifier for the Paralympic Winter Games.

Wheelchair Rugby Denmark

The three-time Paralympic medallist will look to guide Denmark to a medal at the 2017 European Championships.

Starting Blocks is the official education for the World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships London 2017.

London 2017 Ltd has unveiled Starting Blocks, the official education programme supporting the World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships London 2017

Journalists at the media workshop in Astana, Kazakhstan

A two-day workshop was held in Astana to train media on how to report and cover Paralympic sport.

Amy Purdy of the United States

Familiar names will go for world titles and look to establish themselves as the world’s best ahead of PyeongChang 2018.

Stephane Houdet of France in action in his Men's Wheelchair Singles Final against Shingo Kunieda of Japan during the Australian Open 2015 Wheelchair Championships

Gordon Reid dropped to No.3, whilst Dutch Jiske Griffioen is the new No.1 in women’s doubles, same as British Andy Lapthorne in quad doubles.