The swimmer took home his nation’s lone gold medal from Rio 2016.
Swimming
The Syrian refugee swimmer competed for the Independent Paralympic Athletes Team at Rio 2016.
Wheelchair Tennis
The Dutch player’s main target for 2017 is not to remain as world No.1 but to win more Grand Slams.
The successor to IPC President Sir Philip Craven will be elected this September in Abu Dhabi, UAE.
Alpine Skiing
Robin Cuche won his first World Championships medal in January, surprising himself, and is working towards PyeongChang 2018.
Para dance sport
A course for international classifiers is also being offered by World Para Dance Sport.
Iran
Hassan Rouhani, President of the Islamic Republic of Iran, host a special ceremony for the Paralympians who competed at Rio 2016, in the country’s capital city of Tehran.
Alpine Skiing
The Japanese sit skier moved within 40 points of Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber in the super-G in Hakuba.
Cycling
Joseph Berenyi won two golds on the last day of competition (5 March) on home soil in Los Angeles, including USA’s first gold ever in the men’s team sprint event.
Table Tennis
The Rio 2016 Paralympic champions showed no lag at one of the first major international competitions of the year.
