PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Markus Salcher

The Austrians will be led by standing skiers Matthias Lanzinger and Markus Salcher, along with sit skier Claudia Loesch.

Gianmaria Dal Maistro at Vancouver 2010

With a strong contingent of alpine skiers headed to Sochi, can Italy add to their total of 61 medals at the Paralympic Winter Games?

Screenshot twitter page Niklas Ingvarsson

With the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games fast approaching, here’s a list of the top 14 athletes to follow on Twitter.

Jessica Long

An NBC Olympics production crew accompanied the American Paralympic champion to Russia to meet her birth family.

Aileen Neilson

British Curling are hoping the exposure from the Sochi 2014 Paralympics help further develop their programme.

Amy Purdy 2013

Find out when you can watch your favourite sports and American athletes on NBC and NBCSN from 7-16 March.

Mikhalina Lysova

The strongest medal hopefuls for the host nation lie in Nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey.

Norway's nordic skier Ragnhild Myklebust at the 2002 Salt Lake City Paralympic Winter Games

When it comes to the Paralympic Winter Games, Norway have arguably had the most success of any country.

'Shayba' Arena in Sochi

The “Sochi 2014 Paralympic Reporter” international competition will bring 14 writers from Russia, Germany and Great Britain to Sochi for the Games.

Carl Murphy

New Zealand has won 27 medals at the Paralympic Winter Games (G15-S5-B7). It has won 195 medals in Paralympic Games and Paralympic Winter Games combined (G80-S57-B58).