PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Kelly Cartwright

Kelly Cartwright and Evan O’Hanlon were named Athletes with a Disability of the Year at the Athletics Australia awards.

Germany women's wheelchair basketball

After settling for silver at the previous Paralympics and World Championships, Germany’s women’s wheelchair basketball team got their gold at London 2012.

A picture of a blind man running with a guide

Kenya’s NPC was named the nation’s best sports organisation of the year.

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Michèle George became the first Paralympic athlete to win Belgium’s equestrian rider of the year award.

Sochi 2014 Volunteers.

The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee has set 1 March 2013 as the closing date for volunteer applications.

Australia women's 4x100m medley relay 34 points

The women’s 4x100m medley relay 34 points in London could not have been closer, with Australia’s Jacqueline Freney touching the wall first for her eighth gold at the Games.

USA ice sledge hockey team

USA defeated Canada, 1-0, for first place and Norway beat Japan, 5-0, for third place at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Calgary.

Abdullah Alaryani

UAE shooting athlete Abdullah Alaryani created the No. 24 moment of 2012 when he beat 28-time Paralympic medallist Jonas Jacobsson for gold.

A picture of a man in sledge celebrating his victory in ice hockey match

Daniel McCoy scored twice for USA and Greg Westlake notched two goals and three assists for Canada in the World Sledge Hockey Challenge semi-finals.