PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair Curling

Russia remains unbeaten after wins against China and Finland on day four of the Championships.

Judo

Since switching from wrestling to judo, the US athletes has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top.

Summer Sports

Andrea Bundon, a Research Associate at the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport at Loughborough University (UK), gives advice on how para-athletes can use social media.

Canada

Milos Raonic Foundation has supported the CPC with a CAD 30,000 grant

Sochi 2014 winners Petushkov and Schaffelhuber headline shortlist of six athletes up for March’s award.

Athletics

Great Britain’s teenage sprint sensation gives an insight into her training regime as part of a new IPC Athletics series

Athletics

Tatyana McFadden and Ray Martin headline US marathon team for 2015 World Championships.

The Nottingham RC rower set an LTA overall world record of 3:28.6 for 1,000m at the event staged in the Olympic Velodrome in London on Monday, 9 February.

Alpine Skiing

Canada’s former speed world champion is hoping that a shift to technical events will help her onto the podium at the 2015 Worlds in Panorama, Canada.

Table Tennis

Training camps, partnerships and matches against Olympic counterparts are all part of the British masterplan for success at Rio 2016.

Wheelchair Curling

China lost their 100 per cent record after losing to the USA on day 3 of the World Championships.

New appointments made to the IPC Standing Committees for Women in Sports, Development, Education and Paralympic Games.

Swimming

During a glittering career Matthew Cowdrey won 13 Paralympic and 16 world titles.

Rio 2016

CPB have launched a special commemorative logo to celebrate their anniversary.

Shooting

US teenager McKenna Dahl is one of her country’s brightest medal hopes in shooting for Rio 2016, and aims to step onto the World Cup podium in 2015.

Cross-Country Skiing

At Cable 2015 Soule made history be winning the most medals ever at a single World Championships by a US Nordic skier.

America

Don Mario Vazquez Rana passed away on Sunday 8 February aged 82.

Goalball

Despite losing to Russia in the early stages, Britain recovered to take gold and make up for the heartache of two years ago.

Wheelchair Curling

Defending champions Canada also picked up their first win on Sunday (8 February)

Para Ice Hockey

Pauls scores 19 seconds into the overtime to secure the 2-1 victory for the USA