PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Thirty young swimmers and track and field athletes, and their coaches, will take part in a training session in Bogota, Colombia.

Keiichi Kimura of Japan swims the Men's 100m Breaststroke SB11 final during the Paralympic Swimming Tournament

The group’s main focus was the technical and administrative components of classification as well as recertification for classifiers.

Day 5 Highlights: 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, Finsterau

As the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships near their end, the hosts of the 2019 edition came to the fore.

Chris Vos of the Netherlands, Reinhold Schett of Austria and Mark Mann of the USA at the IPC Snowboard Europa Cup in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

The US snowboarder won the men’s SB-LL1 over the reigning gold and silver medallists.

Branimir Budetic of Croatia

After maybe performing as well as they had hoped at Rio 2016, here are 10 athletes looking to put the record straight at July’s World Championships.

Man in a sit ski passing a gate

The Japanese sit-skier will compete at his home World Cup and the PyeongChang 2018 Test Event in March.

Laureus Academy member Alessandro Del Piero hands the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award to winner Fencer Beatrice Vio of Italy during the 2017 Laureus World Sports Awards.

The Italian wheelchair fencer won the prestigious award following an incredible Paralympics debut at Rio 2016.

The draw for the European Championships 2017 Men’s competition took place in Tenerife on Wednesday 8th February at the Centro Cultural de Los Cristianos Arona.

The 2015 medallists Great Britain, Turkey and Germany were drawn in the same group for this year’s Championships.

Malmo Open took place from 11-12 February in Sweden.

The Portuguese club went undefeated in Sweden.

Gold: France	DAVIET Benjamin	CHALENCON Anthony VALVERDE Simon	DAVIET Benjamin	CLARION Thomas BOLLET AntoineSilver: NorwayULSET Nils-ErikOLSRUD HakonULSET Nils-ErikBYE Eirik NELSON ArvidBronze: CanadaMCKEEVER Brian NISHIKAWA GrahamYOUNG EmilyARENDZ MarkMCKEEVER Brian NISHIKAWA Graham

The mixed relay was won by the Ukrainian team, whilst France topped the podium in the open relay at the World Championships in Finsterau, Germany.