PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

More than 1,000 representatives from sport, media and the anti-doping community are in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Conference on Doping in Sport.

Wheelchair Curling

The 2022 Winter Games will officially be awarded in 2015 following several phases of consultation.

Alpine Skiing

The visually impaired skier picked up three gold medals at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain.

Table Tennis

The Australian delegation took all of the team gold medals available on the final day of the 2013 ITTF Oceania Para-Table Tennis Championships.

Para Ice Hockey

The Italian ice sledge hockey team’s captain has been a pioneer for his sport back home.

Cross-Country Skiing

Swedish Paralympic sport fans will be able to watch live primetime coverage of the Sochi 2014 Games.

Ottobock are displaying some of the best historical Paralympic images in a photo exhibition in Berlin through January.

Alpine Skiing

Aspiring elite-level skiers and snowboarders continue to learn the skills they need to compete at the highest level.

Shooting

Swiss company will provide official targets and results for next three years.

Cycling

Italy’s Alex Zanardi and South Africa’s Ernst Van Dyk got a kick-start this year at the UCI’s World Cup and World Championship events.

Wheelchair Basketball

Find how to watch live action from the tournament of men’s wheelchair basketball teams from Australia, Canada, Japan and South Korea.

Wheelchair Curling

IPC members and the public can now nominate male and female winter athletes and coaches for the Paralympic Hall of Fame.

Swimming

Gideon Nasilowski – dubbed the Amphibian Namibian – has entered into the International Paralympic Committee’s Top 50 Moments of 2013 after becoming the first Namibian swimmer to enter a World Championships.

Table Tennis

Melissa Tapper, James Kwon and Nathan Pellissier all won their singles events at the 2013 ITTF Oceania Regional Para-Table Tennis Championships.

Swimming

World Champion swimmer wins 2013 National Sport Award in Paralympic category.

Wheelchair Tennis

The world’s No. 2 wheelchair tennis quads player is competing against able-bodied athletes for the top sports award in South Africa.

Equestrian

Joann Formosa has been competing for Australia’s national para-dressage team since 2006.

Archery

Russian archer Timur Tuchinov had won individual European and Paralympic gold, but in 2013 he finally took the top podium spot at the World Championships.

Goalball

Top teams from the region will vie for spots at the 2014 IBSA Goalball World Championships.

Wheelchair Tennis

Yui Kamiji, Shingo Kunieda and David Wagner all reigned supreme on the final day of the 2013 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters.