PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Evan Strong

US athletes came away from the first races with three wins in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

No. 45 German Nordic skiers break into top three

Headlined by Martin Fleig and Vivian Hosch, the hosts of the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships made big improvements in 2015-16.

Oksana Masters, USA musters all her strength and rides in to Bronze medal position

The USA’s Oksana Masters competed in handcycling in September and is now determined to reach PyeongChang 2018.

Daisuke Ikezaki from Japan and USA's Josh Wheeler. Photo credit: CWSA/Kevin Bogetti-Smith.

Japan made history at Rio 2016 by becoming the first Asian nation to win a wheelchair rugby medal at a Paralympic Games.

Slovakia won the bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Ostersund, Sweden.

Miroslav Drab talks player recruitment, retention and training ahead of the ice sledge hockey Worlds B-Pool.

Chris Vos of the Netherlands, Reinhold Schett of Austria and Mark Mann of the USA at the IPC Snowboard Europa Cup in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

The Para snowboard season got underway on Wednesday (16 November) in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Norwegian ice sledge hockey team at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA

They will be joined by Italy and Sweden from Friday (18 November) in Skien for the NIHF Ice Sledge Hockey Invitational.

Women on snowboard on the slope

Despite an ongoing battle with cancer, the Dutch world champion snowboarder will return to the snow this season.

Two men in wheelchairs on a boccia field of play

The British Paralympians have announced their retirement from the sport.

Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain

The Para snowboard season begins in Landgraaf, the Netherlands, on 16 November, featuring a star-studded field.