PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Alpine Skiing

The first European races across para-snowboard and alpine skiing begin on Thursday (21 November) in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Elections for the IPC Governing Board will take place on Sunday. Last elections took place in 2009.

Wheelchair Tennis

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Yunidis Castillo, Terezhina Guilhermina, Zarah Nemati, Esther Vergeer and Yu Chui Yee.

A study has been carried out to assess the participation of female athletes at the Paralympic Games from 1996-2012, and the results have now come through.

Wheelchair Rugby

The American wheelchair rugby player believes sponsors need to get behind Paralympians to help them inspire the next generation.

Chairperson of the IPC’s Women in Sport Committee has been appointed to a European Group of Experts.

Athletics

Next April, T51-T52 racers will compete in the Virgin Money London Marathon for the first time.

Cycling

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Raymond Martin, Jonnie Peacock and Alex Zanardi.

Goalball

With their victories at the IBSA Goalball Asia-Pacific Championships, more teams qualified for next year’s World Championships in Finland.

Rio 2016

The start of construction for Brazil’s new Paralympic Training Centre highlighted a host of events this year in the lead-up to the Rio 2016 Games.

Wheelchair Basketball

Australia defeated Paralympic champions Canada in the gold-medal game of the Kitakyushu Champions Cup in Japan.

Equestrian

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Johanna Benson, Michele George and Marlou van Rhijn.

Wheelchair Rugby

The No. 1-ranked wheelchair rugby team in the world will now be supported by USA Rugby, the nation’s able-bodied federation for the sport.

Para dance sport

Several big moments and competitions in 2013 have made the sport more accessible, competitive and popular.

Wheelchair Rugby

The IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Asia-Oceania Championships will include four teams and will be streamed live online.

DB Schenker will provide the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with logistics, freight forwarding and customs clearance services for another four years.

The World Conference on Doping in Sport took place last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Goalball

The men’s gold-medal game at the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships came down to the final seconds.

Wheelchair Curling

Three big names will join the growing roster of speakers at the event that will take place in Russia during the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics.

Powerlifting

At the 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Championships, France’s Souhad Ghazouani set a world record, lifting more weight than she did when she won London 2012 Paralympic gold.