PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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US Paralympics name 2015 track & field national team
With World Championships in Doha, Qatar, and London, Great Britain, US Paralympics has named a roster featuring 42 athletes.
Registration for VISTA 2015 in Girona, Spain, now open
Special discount rate of 300 EUR offered for those signing up before 15 June.
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Brazil’s Daniel Dias named December’s Athlete of the Month
Dias smashed a two and half year old world record in December to poll 40 per cent of the public vote.
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Wheelchair dance develops in Spain
New Championships sees four couples compete in the capital Madrid.
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Cable 2015 receives green certification
The biggest gathering of Nordic skiers since Sochi 2014 is striving to be as eco-friendly as possible.
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Rothfuss completes hat-trick of Europa Cup wins in Matrei
German maintains her 100 per cent record, Russia’s Redkozubov wins again, but home favourite Loesch fails to finish.
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How fast do visually impaired skiers go?
Top speeds can reach up to 105 km/h!
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Germany, Russia pick up double wins in Matrei
Rothfuss, Nolte, Redkozubov and Bugaev all finish on top of the podium at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.
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Endurance racing with Ihor Reptyukh
Ukrainian Nordic skier will be competing across biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Worlds and offers his advice on how to stay competitive.
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Jade Jones joins line up of star athletes for Sports Fest North East
Sports Fest will take place at Durham University, Great Britain on Thursday 5 March.
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USTA awards grants record funds to wheelchair tennis projects
The money will be invested in 20 grassroots wheelchair tennis programmes across the USA.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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US Paralympics swimming national team named
Fourteen athletes, including reigning world champions Jessica Long and Ian Silverman, make-up the A team for 2015.
Australia name team for UCI Track World Championships
Team for March’s event in the Netherlands features three reigning world champions.
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Toronto 2015 Parapan Games on track
Opening of the Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome marks six months until the Games begin.