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How fast do visually impaired skiers go?
Top speeds can reach up to 105 km/h!
Win and forget, lose and forget
The European champion and World Championships bronze medallist talks about her move to the USA and what challenges she has faced in the past year.
Redkozubov beaten in Matrei
There was also an upset in the men’s standing races, as Russia’s Alexander Alyabyev took victory after Paralympic champion Alexey Bugaev failed to finish.
Babey named Canada’s sledge hockey coach
Ken Babey, Ron Choules and Herve Lord make up the coaching team that will take Canada to the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.
Canadian riders set for Big White World Cup
John Leslie and Michelle Salt will line-up alongside new team members Alex Massie and Daniel Shoemaker.
One week to go: Teams begin to arrive for Cable 2015
Japanese skiers are the first to arrive in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, for the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships which open on 23 January.
Australia name team for UCI Track World Championships
Team for March’s event in the Netherlands features three reigning world champions.
US Paralympics swimming national team named
Fourteen athletes, including reigning world champions Jessica Long and Ian Silverman, make-up the A team for 2015.
Serna targets Toronto 2015 and Rio 2016 success after illness
Colombian athlete was laid low for much of 2014 but is now fully recovered and keen to impress
Toronto 2015 Parapan Games on track
Opening of the Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome marks six months until the Games begin.
Wheelchair basketball exhibition game at Gambian Youth Festival hailed a success
The President of the Gambian NPC hopes that the success of the festival will encourage regions to further develop para-sport.
Success of Ottobock Equipment Loaner Programme hailed
Programmes in Italy, Norway and Croatia have resulted in the establishment of two new ice sledge hockey teams, regional development and increased public awareness.
APC and PASO sign collaboration agreement
Agreement means that bidding cities for the Pan American Games are also obliged to bid for the Parapan American Games as a “host city for both Games”.
Loesch and Lanzinger to headline Europa Cup
Austria’s Claudia Loesch and Matthias Lanzinger will race in super-combined, slalom and giant slalom races on home snow in Matrei.
O'Neill named to Most Influential Women list for 2014
Canadian Paralympic Committee CEO named to list by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity.
IPC open nominations for 2015 Paralympic Sport Awards
The awards, presented in partnership with Allianz, will recognise achievements from the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games and will be awarded in November.
Four questions for Anna Schaffelhuber
Find out how the winner of five Paralympic gold medals at a single Paralympic Winter Games goes about preparing for competition.
100 days to go: Sweeney say US team is stronger than Sochi ahead of Buffalo 2015
Sochi 2014 gold medallist says that although US ice sledge hockey team is physically stronger ahead of the World Championships it is lacking some experience
German Paralympic medal hopefuls to receive extra funding
Forty six German para-athletes have been included in the Top Team which provides funding for their preparation for the Rio 2016 and PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics.
First para-snowboard head-to-head winners decided
Historic victories for American, Dutch, French and British riders at the para-snowboard World Cup in Aspen, USA.