News - Vista 2017

Ukraine's Ihor Reptyukh on his way to winning the 10km cross-country 2014 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup race in Vuokatti, Finland.

Biathlon

Kononova claims fourth win at IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup

Ihor Reptyukh and Oleksandra Kononova win the biathlon sprint standing races on the last day of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti, Finland.

Biathlon

Russia wins three out of four races at IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup

On the penultimate day of competition, there were wins for Russians Chokhlaev, Golubkov and Zaynullina, as well as Ukraine’s Shyshkova.

Tokyo 2020

No. 16 Tokyo 2020 success

After winning the Games in September 2013, Tokyo 2020 has progressed at great speed and with great enthusiam.

Alexey Bugaev, Russian Federation is so fast his speed moves the gates and takes the gold medal

PyeongChang 2018

Paralympic champions dominate at IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup in Pitztal

Bugaev leads a clean sweep for Russia in the men’s standing, whilst Rothfuss, Schaffelhuber and Krako also picked up wins.

Tokyo 2020

IPC “extremely encouraged” by Tokyo 2020 progress so far

IPC and Tokyo 2020 held its first Project Review between 15-16 December, reviewing a number of areas.

Brazilian minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo, Leomon Moreno, Terezinha Guilhermina, guide Guilherme Santana and CPB president Andrew Parsons

Goalball

Terezinha Guilhermina and Leomon Moreno voted Athletes of the Year in Brazil

The 2014 best female and male athletes were selected by the Brazilian public through an online vote.

Michele George, winner of the Belgian Paralympian of the Year 2014.

Equestrian

Michèle George named Belgian Paralympian of the Year

Para-dressage rider joins list of previous winners including Joachim Gerard and Marieke Vervoort

A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.

Rio 2016

Rio 2016 Paralympic mascot named "Tom"

Nearly 325,000 people took part in the public vote to decide the name of the Rio 2016 Paralympic mascot.

Longjumper jumping in front of Allianz banner

Athletics

No. 17 IPC sports develop sponsorship and competitions

2014 has been a hugely successful year for the sports governed by the International Paralympic Committee.

An athlete poses showing his gold medal.

Powerlifting

Ali Jawad – I have pursued every element of my life to improve to challenge Othman

Powerlifting world champion Ali Jawad looks forward to competing against Egypt's Sherif Othman next year.

Ellie Simmonds and Andrew Mullen in the pool with a huge ticket in hand

Swimming

Ellie Simmonds calls for home crowd for IPC Swimming World Championships

Britain’s best known Paralympian launches tickets sales for the nation’s biggest para-sport event since London 2012.

PyeongChang 2018

Anna Schaffelhuber wins season’s first Europa Cup race

Paralympic medallists Markus Salcher, Andrea Rothfuss and Valerii Redkozubov also finish on top of the podium in Pitztal, Austria.

Para Ice Hockey

90 days to go: Ostersund 2015 website launched

Find out more about the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool, taking place from 15-21 March.

Athletics

Ten young guns to look out for in para-athletics in 2015

Find out who are the young track and field stars who could come of age during the 2015 para-athletics season

female athlete in a sit ski propelling herself forward

Cross-Country Skiing

Masters’s first World Cup win breaks Russian dominance

Russia has dominated the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup yet again, taking all men’s victories, whilst USA’s Oksana Masters won her first World Cup event.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control

Alpine Skiing

Alpine skiing Europa Cups to begin in Austria

IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cups in Pitztal and Kuhtai, Austria, will see skiers compete in the first European races in slalom, giant slalom and super-combined.