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Gabel going for gold at PyeongChang 2018
“There’s no way around it, that’s my goal” says US snowboarder with two years to go until the Paralympic Winter Games.
Dubai 2016: Day three preview
World champions line up on the third day of the IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships in the UAE.
Sport Week: Para-canoe venue at Rio 2016
The Lagoa Stadium will host the para-canoe events at this year’s Paralympic Games.
Russian sledge hockey team: Not looking back
With two years to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, the Paralympic silver medallists aim to get back to their best.
Roundy gives insight into prep for PyeongChang 2018
“Snowboarding as a bilateral or above-knee amputee is the most technically complicated sport in the Paralympics,” says the US snowboarder.
Brazilian cross-country skiers work towards Paralympics
Skiers who are benefitting from Agitos Foundation support have been competing and training on snow for the first time.
Swimming classification review group meets for first time
The gathering of athletes, researchers, classifiers and representatives of IPC Swimming is the first since a review into the physical impairment classification system was announced.
Victory for Mohammad Hammadi on day two of the IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships
The UAE's Mohamed Hammadi continues to dominate the track with his second victory in Dubai.
Sport Week: Classification in para-canoe
At Rio 2016, men and women will compete in three classes.
Wafula Strike helps grow Movement’s female influence
Paralympian and campaigner has been working with Tinatin Revazashivili as part of a project aimed at getting more women into leadership positions in the Paralympic Movement.
#IWD2016: Supporting women to make an impact
Majida Sabir Albalushi from the Oman Paralympic Committee and Petra Huber from the Austrian Paralympic Committee talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.
Dubai 2016: Day two preview
Action in the field events dominates competition on the second day of the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships.
Carla Qualtrough honoured with International Women’s Day Recognition
The Canadian Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities was nominated alongside Anne Wafula-Strike, Irene Chang, Dr. Hayat Khattab and Moekie Grobbelaar.
Hailey Danisewicz’s para-triathlon career in numbers
These figures mark some significant moments in the para-triathlete’s road to Rio 2016.
Rio 2016 venue for Paralympic judo unveiled
Carioca Arena 3, which will become a sport-focused high school, inaugurated to celebrate six months until the Paralympic Games.
#IWD2016: Supporting women to make an impact
Ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm and Barbara Daniels, a coach educator talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.
Alpine skiing Asia Cup attracts World Cup winners
Star-studded giant slalom and slalom field includes Japan’s Taiki Morii and Momoka Muraoka, and Russia’s Aleksei Bugaev and Valerii Redkozubov.
Records fall on opening day of IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships
Two Asian records were broken in Dubai, UAE, on the first day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships
IPC President: “Rio 2016 Paralympics will grow awareness"
On the strength of unprecedented summer Paralympics coverage across NBC, NBC Sports Network, and TeamUSA.org, the global head of the Paralympic Movement believes the Games will be a major platform to further educate the U.S. about disabilities.
Rio 2016 Paralympics: The unmissable Games
Today Monday 7 March marks six months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, a Games that is vital for the continued growth of the Paralympic Movement.