PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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

At La Molina 2015 17-year-old Vos won two world titles, in the snowboard cross head-to-head and banked slalom.

Russia's Alexey Bugaev won downhill in the men's standing at Panorama 2015.

The final races of the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships will see Frenchwoman Marie Bochet and Russia’s Alexey Bugaev going for a clean sweep of medals on Tuesday (10 March).

Russia's Alexey Bugaev won downhill in the men's standing at Panorama 2015.

World title wins for Frantceva, Bochet and Schaffelhuber on International Women’s Day in Panorama, Canada.

A female standing skier competes in super-G

Bochet, Bugaev and Perrine maintain 100 per cent record at Panorama 2015

Zahra Nemati

Mentored by Helen Rowbotham as part of a programme aimed at increasing female leaders in para-sport, Suzie Dyrbus is finding her involvement is helping her to grab opportunities.

Great Britain’s world record holder in long jump reveals why a nun is one of her three heroes.

Great Britain’s world record holder in long jump reveals why a nun is one of her three heroes.

Young girl in a sled on the ice, smiling to the camera

Tara Chisholm is mentored by Barbara Daniels as part of the WoMentoring programme and believes it has helped put her challenges as a woman in sport into perspective.

Sir Philip Craven the President of the International Paralympic Committee speaks to the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board prior to the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

IPC President reveals his five best memories from the best Paralympic Winter Games ever.

Young girl in a sled on the ice, smiling to the camera

Barbara Daniels mentors Canadian ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm through the Agitos Foundation’s WoMentoring programme.

Maija Jarvela of Finland

Finland’s most successful para-biathlete has taken on the mantel of raising awareness of the sport through successive trips to the podium.