PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Canada men's wheelchair basketball team

The Canadian men’s and women’s senior national teams for this year have been revealed, but they don’t include superstar Patrick Anderson.

USA's Jeremy Wagner

Wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden embraces a new challenge after her success at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

A picture of 3 women running in an athletics race

T36 sprinter Min-Jae Jun, a two-time London 2012 silver medallist, was chosen by the public as last year’s top performer in Paralympic sport.

Matthias Lanzinger

Almost five years after losing his leg in a ski accident, Austria’s Matthias Lanzinger has made a strong comeback to the sport to win gold in the 2013 giant slalom World Cup.

USA ice sledge hockey team

With the new year underway, the IPC’s Stuart Lieberman makes 10 predictions for the upcoming year in Paralympic sport.

Alexander Vetrov on slope

Nominees for December’s Athlete of the Month include Russian standing skier Alexey Bugaev, sit-skiers Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany and Tyler Walker of USA, Hungary’s wheelchair fencer Zsuzsanna Krajnyak and USA’s ice sledge hockey star Taylor Chace.

Austria's Claudia Loesch competes giant slalom on a sit ski

Competition was fierce at the first event of the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup as 12 nations picked up podium positions in six events.

Alexander Vetrov on slope

Nominees for December’s Athlete of the Month include Russian standing skier Alexey Bugaev, sit-skiers Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany and Tyler Walker of USA, Hungary’s wheelchair fencer Zsuzsanna Krajnyak and USA’s ice sledge hockey star Taylor Chace.

A picture of a group posing together for a photo

Henry Storgaard, Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) CEO and Director General, will leave his position on 18 January 2013.

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