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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Oksana Masters Sochi 2014
Cross-Country Skiing

US Nordic skier Oksana Masters is looking forward to competing in front of home crowds at the Worlds in Cable, Wisconsin, from Friday (23 January).

Man in wheelchair, holding tennis racket in triumphing pose
Wheelchair Tennis

In winning his fourth Sydney International Open, Kunieda extended his unbeaten run to 53 matches.

Brent Rasmussen
Sitting Volleyball

Brent Rasmussen has been elected to the USA Volleyball Board of Directors as the first-ever sitting volleyball representative to

US para-swimmer Ian Silverman (second from the left) with his best friends at high school prom
Swimming

The US Paralympic champion swimmer reveals his love of studying away from home and the challenges he has set himself for the year ahead.

Two people in a shooting range, sitting in wheelchairs and targetting
Shooting

South Korea’s Jinho Park reveals his lack of confidence ahead of winning ten medals at the Worlds and Asian Para Games.

Women in sit ski lies in the shooting range and targets
Cross-Country Skiing

A team of eight German athletes will travel to Cable, USA, on Tuesday (20 January) to compete in the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships from 23 January to 1 February.

Group shot of around 20 people
Ghana

The development arm of the IPC won the category of Best Disability Sports Contributor at the Ghana Sports Excellence Awards.

Two snowboarders race on a slope
Alpine Skiing

The Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel-Spee, France’s Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon, the USA's Mike Shea and Great Britain's Ben Moore won their second snowboard-cross head-to-head races.

Spanish wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

Spanish wheelchair basketball team feature in a spectacular video that aims to encourage women with an impairment to practice sport.

Wheelchair racers on the track of a stadium
Athletics

With World Championships in Doha, Qatar, and London, Great Britain, US Paralympics has named a roster featuring 42 athletes.

Podium at the VISTA 2013 Conference in Bonn, Germany
VISTA

Special discount rate of 300 EUR offered for those signing up before 15 June.

Man with swim cap prepares for the start
Swimming

Dias smashed a two and half year old world record in December to poll 40 per cent of the public vote.

General view on a dancefloor where couples are dancing.
Para dance sport

New Championships sees four couples compete in the capital Madrid.

A picture of a Nordic skiing finish line.
Cross-Country Skiing

The biggest gathering of Nordic skiers since Sochi 2014 is striving to be as eco-friendly as possible.

A picture of a woman celebrating her victory
Alpine Skiing

German maintains her 100 per cent record, Russia’s Redkozubov wins again, but home favourite Loesch fails to finish.

Andrea Rothfuss
Alpine Skiing

Rothfuss, Nolte, Redkozubov and Bugaev all finish on top of the podium at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.

Allianz Fact of the week Alpine Skiing speed

Top speeds can reach up to 105 km/h!

Ukrainian Ihor Reptyukh skis at Sochi 2014 followed closely by a competitor
Cross-Country Skiing

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.

Jade Jones of Great Britain looks on after her race during the Visa London Disability Athletics Challenge LOCOG Test Event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

Sports Fest will take place at Durham University, Great Britain on Thursday 5 March.

USA wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair Tennis

The money will be invested in 20 grassroots wheelchair tennis programmes across the USA.