PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Norway - Para ice hockey - 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool](/sites/default/files/images/170413160359312_Norway%2BPara%2Bice%2Bhockey.jpg)
Gangneung 2017: Audun Bakke propels Norway to victory in overtime thriller
Norway, USA and Canada all take victories on second day of action at the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool.
![Jose Gonzalez Mugaburu - Peru](/sites/default/files/images/170413155826483_Jose.jpg)
Throwback Thursday: Peru’s Jose Mugaburu
The first Peruvian Para athlete to win a medal in swimming at the Paralympic Games recalls his performance at Toronto 1976.
![Jason Smyth of Ireland celebrates after winning the Men's 100m - T13 Final at the Olympic Stadium on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/170109122024076_Jason%2BSmyth_Athletics_GettyImages-601082260.jpg)
Irish athletes in warm weather training ahead of London 2017
The world’s fastest Paralympian is training in Tenerife ahead of his 100m world title defence.
Petrucio Ferreira hopes to lower 200m world record
The Brazilian starts his season at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, a place that holds special memories.
![South Korean celebrities try out wheelchair curling as part of PyeongChang 2018's third Paralympic Day celebrations.](/sites/default/files/images/170305075641797_pARALYMPIC%2BDAY.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018 excite, inform & engage through Education Programme
Interactive Winter Games Curriculum aims to directly engage one million students
![Close up of swimmer doing breast stroke](/sites/default/files/images/160912000603584_GettyImages-603004518.jpg)
Pascoe awarded Swimming New Zealand Swimmer of the Year
The swimmer won three gold medals and two silvers at Rio 2016
![Raoua Tlili of Tunisia competes in the women's discus throw - F41 final during the day 8 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/170109122107394_Raoua%2BTlili_Athletics_GettyImages-605936626.jpg)
Five reasons to be interested: Tunis Grand Prix
Nearly 190 athletes from 13 countries will be competing in Tunis between 13-15 April.
![A wheelchair racer cuts through the finishing tape on a wet damp road.](/sites/default/files/images/150426121439449_471207814.jpg)
Josh George prepares for biggest test in Boston
The T53 racer hopes to build on a fifth place finish last time out in Tokyo.
![Logo International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)](/sites/default/files/images/161021115132121_IBSAlogo.jpg)
IBSA General Assembly set for Romania
The event will take place in Cluj Napoca this October.
![Mina Mojtahedi](/sites/default/files/images/170412122245551_Finland.jpg)
New Finnish Paralympic Committee President elected
Paralympian Mina Mojtahedi will serve a four-year term, leading Finland to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.