PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Woman with one leg skiing down a slope

The Dutch and Austrian alpine skiers got their season underway with slalom victories in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Bibian Mentel-Spee

Finland’s Matti “the Sledgehammer” Suur-Hamari and the Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel-Spee started a training partnership this season that saw them both top the podium at the first IPC Snowboard World Cup.

No. 44 What it means to be a Proud Paralympian

Through the IPC’s education programme and Athletes’ Council, athletes can get more involved in the Movement.

Evan Strong

US athletes came away from the first races with three wins in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

No. 45 German Nordic skiers break into top three

Headlined by Martin Fleig and Vivian Hosch, the hosts of the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships made big improvements in 2015-16.

Oksana Masters, USA musters all her strength and rides in to Bronze medal position

The USA’s Oksana Masters competed in handcycling in September and is now determined to reach PyeongChang 2018.

Daisuke Ikezaki from Japan and USA's Josh Wheeler. Photo credit: CWSA/Kevin Bogetti-Smith.

Japan made history at Rio 2016 by becoming the first Asian nation to win a wheelchair rugby medal at a Paralympic Games.

Slovakia won the bronze medal at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Ostersund, Sweden.

Miroslav Drab talks player recruitment, retention and training ahead of the ice sledge hockey Worlds B-Pool.

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 Para snowboard season got underway on Wednesday (16 November) in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Norwegian ice sledge hockey team at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA

They will be joined by Italy and Sweden from Friday (18 November) in Skien for the NIHF Ice Sledge Hockey Invitational.