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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that the Libyan powerlifter Abdelrazik Baaba has been suspended for two years and fined EUR 1,500 for an Anti-Doping Rule violation.

Screenshot Danielle Umstead Facebook Page

Facebook is a the platform of choice, especially for European alpine skiers. Here’s a list of the 14 profiles you should be following for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

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Japan has participated at all 10 previous Paralympic Winter Games (1976 - 2010)

Walid Ktila

Five world and 10 regional records fall on first two days of IPC Athletics Grand Prix

Mac and B.J. Marcoux

At 16 and 19 years old, alpine skiers Mac and B.J. Marcoux are heading to their first Paralympics with little to lose.

Paralympian 1/1/2014

Plan your daily viewing schedule for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics with the latest edition of the IPC’s Paralympian magazine.

Canada's ice sledge hockey team

After a disappointing fourth-place finish at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics, can Greg Westlake lead Canada’s top-seeded sledge hockey squad to gold?

USA ice sledge hockey team

On Monday evening (24 February) PBS will air a one-hour documentary on the USA’s ice sledge hockey team heading to the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

Watch the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games LIVE

The party is not over yet. The Winter Paralympics begin on 7 March so check out this quick guide to what you can expect.

Belarus' Vasili Shaptsiaboi with guide Igar Mathlahov

Since making their Games debut in 1994, Belarus has excelled at cross-country skiing.

Michellel Salt starring in the CPC's What's There campaign

Salt only lost her leg in June 2011, but will compete at the Paralympic Winter Games for the first time in Sochi.

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Il Campione paralimpico spagnolo Jon Santacana rientra dopo l'infortunio insieme ad altri 50 atleti nelle prossime finali friulane, utlimo evento prima dei giochi paralimpici invernali di Sochi 2014.

Incheon Main Asian Stadium construction

Event will feature 23 sports when it takes place in Korea between 18-24 October.

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Spain’s world and Paralympic champion Jon Santacana will return from injury alongside around 50 other athletes at the last major competition ahead of Sochi 2014.

Marie Bochet

After topping the medals table at last year's alpine skiing World Championships, how will France do in Sochi?

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Find out what the American ice sledge hockey forward will be doing before his games at the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

Matthew Robinson

The parents of Para-snowboarder Matthew Robinson, Stephen and Carol Ann Robinson, have asked the Australian Paralympic Committee to issue the following statement on behalf of their family.

Alana Nichols

The bigges team ever will represent the USA at a Winter Games in Sochi, where it will also be the biggest team out of all the countries competing.

Para-snowboarder Matthew Robinson competing at Big White, Canada, in January 2014.

Paralympic Movement remains in deep mourning following Mathew's passing on Thursday (20 February)

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Spain will send four alpine skiers, two guides and three snowboarders to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.