PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine

The Ukrainian secured her fourth cross-country World Cup win of the season on Sunday (15 January), after losing out in the middle distance classic.

Rocio Ledesma stands on top of the podium whilst holding the flag from her province.

The 18-year-old judoka is hoping to successfully defend her title from Buenos Aires 2013 at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.

Group of sitting volleyball players celebrate after a point.

Eight sitting volleyball and six goalball players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Brazil's player Jefinho in action

Paralympic and world champions Brazil hold first, followed by South American rivals Argentina, China, Spain, Turkey and Iran.

Oleksandra Kononova competing at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

The host country’s Para Nordic skiers won two golds, three silvers and four bronzes in Western Center.

Christoph Kunz, Switzerland leans forward to take the gold

The Swiss sit-skier won the super-G at the World Cup in Innerkrems, Austria, beating New Zealand’s world champion Corey Peters.

Veronika Vadovicova celebrates second gold medal win at Rio 2016

As one of the most success shooters of the Paralympics, the two time gold medallist’s favorite Rio memories are hardly surprise.

Tarvisio

All speed and technical events at the last major Championships ahead of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be shown fully live at Paralympic.org.

Yanping Yuan (blue) of China with Alimova Khayitjon of Uzbekistan during the Women +70 kg Judo Gold Medal match on Day 3 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Six judoka and eight table tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Four men in blue jackets show toys

The name was selected after a competition on social media.