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![four Para athletes compete in skiing, tennis and triathlon](/sites/default/files/images/180108153426893_Jan%2B2018%2Bpreview.jpg)
Para sport preview: January 2018
Check out all the events that kick off this Paralympic year
![Sunset photo of rower in a boat on the water](/sites/default/files/images/180108162055536_birgit%2Bskarstein%2B-%2Bigor%2Bmeijer.jpg)
Para rowing: 5 things learned in 2017
New race distance dominates developments at start of Paralympic cycle
![two female wheelchair tennis players shake hands over the net](/sites/default/files/images/180108163347150_Kamiji%2Band%2BDe%2BGroot.jpg)
Sydney Super Series kicks off wheelchair tennis season
Hewett, de Groot and Wagner among top contenders at first major event of 2018
![Marie Bochet 1st women's Slalom standing - 2018 World Cup Zagreb](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/NfR52Nh62DpZMY_4jlQZXcyf_6OiPQFgFNufbmrLo0M.jpg?itok=F4q7Rw_7)
Marie Bochet in unstoppable form at Zagreb World Cup
Frenchwoman secures fifth World Cup win of the season in Croatian capital
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Tokyo 2020 launches medal design competition
Competition open to Japanese nationals and residents of Japan
2018 shooting Para sport Worlds: What you need to know
Shooters are gearing up for May’s Championships in South Korea
Top alpine skiers back in action at Zagreb World Cup
Big names will test their slalom forms just two months out from PyeongChang 2018
![male wheelchair basketball players hug eachother on the court](/sites/default/files/images/171222114033898_USA%2BRio%2B2016.jpg)
2018 wheelchair basketball Worlds: What you need to know
Twenty-eight teams will compete in Germany this August
![Marie Bochet was named as France's flagbearer for PyeongChang 2018.](/sites/default/files/images/171219165230564_38135900474_240558afd2_o.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018: Bochet to carry French flag
Four-time Paralympic champion will be France’s flagbearer at Opening Ceremony of PyeongChang 2018
![A Para skiier and her guide ski down the slope](/sites/default/files/images/170902174105477_millie%2Bknight%2Bcropped.jpg)
British alpine skiers and snowboarders named for PyeongChang 2018
Nine athletes have been selected to represent ParalympicsGB
![Australia's Kyle Bridgewood goes head-to-head with Slovakia's Jozef Metelka at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/180104110939172_GettyImages-602233020.jpg)
Australian team named for cycling Worlds
Sixteen riders will compete at March’s track World Championships in Rio, Brazil.
![a group of wheelchair rugby players pose on the court with their medals](/sites/default/files/images/171222112650335_Australia%2BRio%2B2016.jpg)
2018 wheelchair rugby Worlds: What you need to know
Twelve teams will battle for World Championships glory in Australia
![USA women's sitting volleyball team](/sites/default/files/images/161021094450132_1709_W%2BSitting%2BVolleyball%2BGold%2BVC_CiceroRodrigues_021.jpg)
2018 Sitting Volleyball Worlds: 5 things to know
Netherlands will stage competition with the world's best 16 male and female teams competing
France targets top 5 finish in PyeongChang
The nation also finished fifth four years ago in Sochi
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WADA 2018 Prohibited List now in force
The updated list first published on 29 September 2017, came into force on 1 January 2018
![Blindefolded football team celebrating](/sites/default/files/images/141201090458437_34%2BBrazil_0.jpg)
2018 Blind Football Worlds: 5 things to know
Sixteen teams will battle it out for gold in what promises to be an exciting summer
![Declan Farmer](/sites/default/files/images/140313182548444_478417157.jpg)
US hockey team named
The team of 17 will compete at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games
Tokyo 2020 welcomes new supporters
Sankei Shimbun and Hokkaido Shimbun Press join as domestic third tier partners
![Leomon Silva of Brazil scored 51 goals at the 2014 Goalball World Championships](/sites/default/files/images/140707183750017_LeomonSilva.jpg)
2018 Goalball Worlds: 5 things to know
Brazil and USA out to defend men’s and women’s titles from 2014
![a female Para triathlete stands on the podium and bites her gold medal](/sites/default/files/images/171221182908882_Grace%2BNorman.jpg)
USA power to Para triathlon domination following Paralympic success
Athletes pick up 39 medals in 2017 after topping the standings at Rio 2016