PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a man skiing on the slopes

The Australian will serve another two-year term on World Para Alpine Skiing’s Sport Technical Committee.

Borislava Peric-Rankovic SRB vs Miao Zhang CHN in the Women's Singles - Cl 4 Gold Medal Match at the Riocentro - Pavilion 3.

Four regional Championships and the World Team Championships highlight 2017.

PyeongChang 2018 emblem

MOUs signed with US and Korean Institutions to add weight to robust volunteer program

Strathmore water has been announced as the national supplier of bottled water for both the IAAF World Championships London 2017 and the World Para Athletics Championships.

Athletes, officials and volunteers at London 2017 will be hydrated by more than one million bottles of water being supplied by the water brand.

Visually impaired skiers needed for research at the Tarvisio 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships

Researchers from the University of Waterloo are inviting athletes to help with classification at the Para alpine Worlds in Tarvisio, Italy.

Mike Minor

Minor remains undefeated while Purdy makes successful season debut, just ahead of the 2017 World Championships.

Amanda Dennis USA in action during the Goalball Women's Preliminary Group C match between the United States of America and Brazil at Future Arena

The US goalball player was a key member of the team that returned to the Paralympic podium at Rio 2016 and is now preparing for the next events.

Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch was elected for induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

The first Dutch female wheelchair tennis player to win Paralympic gold recalls Barcelona 1992, the Games in which she made history.

A visually impaired skier and guide in the mixed zone

Austria’s Claudia Loesch toppled Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber in the super-G in snowy conditions in Tarvisio on Thursday (26 January).

Zviad Gogotchuri of Georgia

Ukraine has the most top-ranked judokas with four, followed by South Korea with two.