PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ukraine's Ihor Reptyukh on his way to winning the 10km cross-country 2014 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup race in Vuokatti, Finland.

Ihor Reptyukh and Oleksandra Kononova win the biathlon sprint standing races on the last day of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti, Finland.

Tokyo 2020 success

After winning the Games in September 2013, Tokyo 2020 has progressed at great speed and with great enthusiam.

Brazilian minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo, Leomon Moreno, Terezinha Guilhermina, guide Guilherme Santana and CPB president Andrew Parsons

The 2014 best female and male athletes were selected by the Brazilian public through an online vote.

Marta Zaynullina, Russia pushes on

On the penultimate day of competition, there were wins for Russians Chokhlaev, Golubkov and Zaynullina, as well as Ukraine’s Shyshkova.

IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez and Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto shaking hands

IPC and Tokyo 2020 held its first Project Review between 15-16 December, reviewing a number of areas.

Michele George, winner of the Belgian Paralympian of the Year 2014.

Para-dressage rider joins list of previous winners including Joachim Gerard and Marieke Vervoort

Alexey Bugaev, Russian Federation is so fast his speed moves the gates and takes the gold medal

Bugaev leads a clean sweep for Russia in the men’s standing, whilst Rothfuss, Schaffelhuber and Krako also picked up wins.

Ellie Simmonds and Andrew Mullen in the pool with a huge ticket in hand

Britain’s best known Paralympian launches tickets sales for the nation’s biggest para-sport event since London 2012.

Longjumper jumping in front of Allianz banner

2014 has been a hugely successful year for the sports governed by the International Paralympic Committee.

Anna Schaffelhuber

Paralympic medallists Markus Salcher, Andrea Rothfuss and Valerii Redkozubov also finish on top of the podium in Pitztal, Austria.