PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Oscar Pistorius wins 400m T44

Oscar Pistorius, Daniel Dias and the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games feature prominently in the 2012 Google Zeitgeist film.

Irek Zaripov celebrating after winning a race at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympic Winter Games

The Russian nordic skiing team smashed their competitors in the first IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup event of the 2012-13 season.

Korean judoka Gwang-Geun Choi

Korea’s Gwang-Geun Choi wasn’t even expecting to make the judo podium at London 2012, two weeks after getting out of the hospital, but he came away with gold.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing

Italian sport equipment company Liski will provide IPC Alpine Skiing with a range of products to aid ski slope preparation, maintenance and equipment.

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Italian sport equipment company Liski will provide IPC Alpine Skiing with a range of products to aid ski slope preparation, maintenance and equipment.

A picture of a woman showing her trophy

It is awards season and Belgium’s equestrian star Michel George gives an insight into her busy life post London 2012

A picture of a woman swimming

The Premios AS del Deporte are awarded to the best Spanish athletes each year.

Esther Vergeer

France’s Stephane Houdet and the Netherland’s Esther Vergeer finished the year as the top-ranked men’s and women’s wheelchair tennis players, respectively.

A picture of man celebrating his victory with a British Flag

#Paralympics topped the table for the most trending UK sport event of 2012, beating off stiff competition from the Olympics and football clubs.

A picture of a blind person shooting the ball in a football match

Striker Jeferson Goncalves scored half of Brazil’s goals at London 2012 to lead the football 5-a-side team to their third consecutive Paralympic title in the sport, making it into the top 50 Paralympic moments of 2012.