PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Man plays table tennis

The 15-year-old won double gold at October’s ITTF Para-Table Tennis European Championships and qualified for Rio 2016.

The Asian Paralympic Committee wants to become one of leading regions in the Paralympci Movement

The Asian Paralympic Committee intends to become one of the leading regions within the Paralympic Movement.

Italian ice sledge hockey players thank their supporters after making it to the final of the international tournament in 2015

The last games of the international tournament in Torino, Italy, will see the hosts try to upset Canada’s unbeaten run.

Anna Schaffelhuber at the IPC Alpine World Cup in Panorama, Canada

Paralympic and world champions Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber and Alexey Bugaev amongst those who will make their season debut in Kuhtai and Pitztal from Monday (14 December).

Selfie of seven people

David Jacobs took home the male para-table tennis prize, and Borislava Peric-Rankovic earned the female honour.

BP, Team USA partnership goes against the trend

BP becomes the first USOC corporate partner to support more Paralympians than Olympians.

CPB 20 anniversary logo

A multi-channel campaign will help to promote Brazil’s vast array of Paralympians ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The French Nordic skiing team

After leaving the IPC Biathlon and Cross-Country World Cup in Tyumen, Russia, with seven medals, the team are enjoying their best start to a season.

US players in their sledges on the ice after winning against Russia.

Tatyana McFadden, Joe Berenyi and the US ice sledge hockey team among the award recipients.

Swimmer doing backstroke in the water

Great Britain’s best swimmers will be at the Aquatics Centre as part of their road to Rio 2016.