PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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.

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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.

Logo The International Table Tennis Federation (ITTF)

The heads of the ITTF’s Para table tennis division met in Denmark to discuss the busy year ahead.

Matti Suur-Hamari

Newly crowned world champions added to their World Cup points hauls on Wednesday (15 February), in La Molina, Spain.

Portugal's David Grachat at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal.

A trio of athletes, including triple Paralympian David Grachat, will compete in Copenhagen, Denmark from 11-12 March.