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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Screenshot Google Hangout
Sochi 2014

As part of the IPC’s digital strategy, fans will get a chance to engage directly with Paralympians.

Australia's Mitch Gourle
Wheelchair Curling

Opening Ceremony to be screened together with daily highlights show, whilst other events will be streamed live.

Dariusz Pender
Wheelchair Fencing

With the first major event of the 2014 wheelchair fencing calendar completed, the rankings indicate the established performers are in for another strong year.

Olena Iurkovska
Sochi 2014

Ukraine made its Paralympic Winter Games debut at the 1998 Nagano Games and has featured in all Games since

A picture of a woman holding a torch and speaking on a microphone.
Sochi 2014

Events on Thursday took place in Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yakutsk, Magadan and Anadyr.

Patrick McDonald
Sochi 2014

The American skip, a war veteran and collector of tattoos, is eager to give the USA their first Paralympic medal in wheelchair curling.

Nominees for the 2014 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award
Sochi 2014

France’s Marie Bochet and the USA’s Tatyana McFadden - two athletes who will compete at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games - have been announced on a shortlist of six athletes for the prestigious 2014 Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.

Ilka Tuomisto
Cross-Country Skiing

Historically, the Finnish have been one of the most successful countries in Nordic skiing at the Paralympic Winter Games.

Australian skier
Sochi 2014

One week after the sad passing of Matthew Robinson, Kane won the super-combined World Cup Finals title in Travisio.

A picture of a woman holding a torch and speaking on a microphone.
Wheelchair Curling

The Torch Relay will visit 46 Federal Districts in Russia and Stoke Mandeville.

Marcel Hug
Athletics

The Swiss Silver Bullet held on as Thailand’s Prawat Waharam smashed the Asian record.

Greg Westlake
Sochi 2014

The Canadians are looking to sweep the ice hockey events at this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

Walid Ktila of Tunisia
Athletics

The third day of competition at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix saw one world and six regional records broken as a new British talent emerged

A picture of a man skiing
Sochi 2014

Thirty of the world’s top athletes will record exclusive video blogs at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

A picture of a woman skiing on the slopes
Alpine Skiing

Aleksandra Frantceva and Inga Medvedeva claim two victories each in downhill events at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals in Tarvisio, Italy.

A picture of a man skiing
Sochi 2014

The Spanish visually impaired skier is trying to return to the slopes just in time for the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals and Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

A picture of a woman skiing on a hedge.
Sochi 2014

Austria has participated in all Winter Paralympics since the inaugural Games in 1976

A picture of a man holding the starting block with his hands
Swimming

Fans and media can find out everything they need to know about the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and media can register to cover the event.

Paralympics Ireland
Rio 2016

Paralympics Ireland has announced its 2014 Athlete Panel which features 45 athletes across 11 sports and is comprised of those considered most likely to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

A picture of two person holding a torch
Biathlon

Stoke Mandeville will become the first place to be involved in the Paralympic Torch Relay outside of the Games’ host country.