Robin Cuche won his first World Championships medal in January, surprising himself, and is working towards PyeongChang 2018.
Para dance sport
A course for international classifiers is also being offered by World Para Dance Sport.
Iran
Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, host a special ceremony for the Paralympians who competed at Rio 2016, in the country’s capital city of Tehran.
Alpine Skiing
The Japanese sit skier moved within 40 points of Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber in the super-G in Hakuba.
Cycling
Joseph Berenyi won two golds on the last day of competition (5 March) on home soil in Los Angeles, including USA’s first gold ever in the men’s team sprint event.
Table Tennis
The Rio 2016 Paralympic champions showed no lag at one of the first major international competitions of the year.
Swimming
USA’s multiple-Paralympic champion will kick off her season at the first stage of the 2017 World Para Swimming Series in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 11-12 March.
PyeongChang 2018
The USA grabbed their first win on day three of the World Championships.
Powerlifting
World Para Powerlifting delivered 13 anti-doping workshops as part of its ‘Raise the Bar, say NO! to doping’ programme in Dubai, UAE, from 25-26 February.
Para Ice Hockey
Italy took third place at home in Torino on Saturday (4 March).