PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair Curling

Despite their coach passing away during the tournament, the Russian Wheelchair Curling team went on to win the 2012 World Championships, making it the No. 14 moment of the year.

London 2012

Belgian track athlete Marieke Vervoort picked up her country's most prestigious sports award after winning gold and silver in London's Olympic Stadium

Rio 2016

Ahead of Rio 2016, £70.2 million will be invested in elite Paralympic sport, an overall increase of 43 per cent

USA

IPC Governing Board Member Ann Cody received the Georg M Steinbrenner III Sport Leadership Award from the United States Olympic Foundation for her contributions to the Paralympic Movement.

Sitting Volleyball

After losing her legs in the 7/7 bombings in 2005, Martine Wright got into sitting volleyball and was part of the British sitting volleyball team at the London 2012 Paralympics.

Alpine Skiing

The home team dominated the first event of the 2012-13 IPC Alpine Skiing NorAm Cup in Colorado, USA, with strong performances also from New Zealand’s Adam Hall and Canada’s Viviane Forest.

Cross-Country Skiing

Russian athletes topped the rankings in four out of six categories to solidify their overall lead in the 2012-13 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup.

Great Britain

The London 2012 Opening Ceremony set the tone for the Paralympics, in which audiences experienced and appreciated Paralympic sport for the first time.

Wheelchair Tennis

Noam Gershony survived an Israeli army helicopter crash just six years ago, and in 2012, he won Paralympic gold in wheelchair tennis.

When Ellie Simmonds turned in the last 50m of the 400m freestyle S6 she was just eight hundredths of a second ahead of USA’s Victoria Arlen. But she pushed on to the end to win gold and set a new world record.

Sochi 2014

Para Ice Hockey

The Russian team scored 29 goals in four games and gets ready for the Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships in Korea

Sochi 2014

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) completed an end of year Project Review meeting with the Sochi 2014 Organising Committee in Moscow, Russia on Friday (14 December).

Athletics

Johanna Benson made history on 5 September when she became the first Namibian to win gold at either the Olympic or Paralympic Games. Now, the little-known Paralympian has been nominated for the Laureus Award.

London 2012

Superhumans campaign continues to stand top of the podium after most successful Paralympic Games ever.

Table Tennis

British table tennis star Will Bayley became known at London 2012 for wearing his emotions on his sleeve, subsequently tugging at the public’s hearts.

Six Paralympic athletes who all won medals at the London 2012 Paralympic Games have been shortlisted for the prestigious Laureus Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.

Oscar Pistorius, Daniel Dias and the Closing Ceremony of the Paralympic Games feature prominently in the 2012 Google Zeitgeist film.

Cross-Country Skiing

The Russian nordic skiing team smashed their competitors in the first IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup event of the 2012-13 season.

Judo

Korea’s Gwang-Geun Choi wasn’t even expecting to make the judo podium at London 2012, two weeks after getting out of the hospital, but he came away with gold.