Yesterday, the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (VANOC) celebrated the two-year countdown to the Paralympic Winter Games with activities in Vancouver and Whistler.

From 28 February to 2 March, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Biathlon and Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Finals took place in Nes, Norway.

Every four years, Paralympic athletes from all around the world meet to compete against each other and inspire and excite the world. March marks the month of anniversaries of the last three Paralympic Winter Games.

The Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games Classification Master List, a list of athletes with an international sport class and Paralympic sport class status for all Paralympic sports on the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games programme, are now available online.

On the occasion of the International Women's Day, the winners of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) 2008 Women and Sport Awards were announced today.

Today, a delegation from the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) including IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez, met with the London 2012 Organizing Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) to conduct its third project review.

From 23 to 24 February 2008, the second International Symposium on Olympic and Paralympic Pedagogy was successfully held in Tehran, Iran, in the presence of Mr. Zhenliang He, Chairman of International Olympic Committee (IOC) Commission for Culture and Olympic Education as well as Bart Schell, International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Development Administration Manager.

Renovations are nearly complete in more than 120 member hotels for the Beijing 2008 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Bonn, Germany – With less than two years to go before the Opening of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Co-ordination Commission, including International Paralympic Committee (IPC) representative Rita van Driel, successfully concluded its sixth visit to Vancouver, the host city of the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.