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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Italian sport equipment company Liski will provide IPC Alpine Skiing with a range of products to aid ski slope preparation, maintenance and equipment.

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It is awards season and Belgium’s equestrian star Michel George gives an insight into her busy life post London 2012

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Italian sport equipment company Liski will provide IPC Alpine Skiing with a range of products to aid ski slope preparation, maintenance and equipment.

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The Premios AS del Deporte are awarded to the best Spanish athletes each year.

Esther Vergeer

France’s Stephane Houdet and the Netherland’s Esther Vergeer finished the year as the top-ranked men’s and women’s wheelchair tennis players, respectively.

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#Paralympics topped the table for the most trending UK sport event of 2012, beating off stiff competition from the Olympics and football clubs.

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Striker Jeferson Goncalves scored half of Brazil’s goals at London 2012 to lead the football 5-a-side team to their third consecutive Paralympic title in the sport, making it into the top 50 Paralympic moments of 2012.

Colin Lynch

Irish cyclist Colin Lynch writes about how the next four years leading up to Rio 2016 will different for him than the last four heading into London 2012.

A picture of man celebrating his victory with a British Flag

: #Paralympics topped the table for the most trending UK sport event of 2012, beating off stiff competition from the Olympics and football clubs.

Michael McKillop

Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop and Bethany Firth headlined the winners at the inaugural OCS Irish Paralympic Awards gala.

Mareike Adermann

The German wheelchair basketball player talks about returning home for the first time since London 2012

Russia ice sledge hockey

Kelly Cartwright

Kelly Cartwright and Evan O’Hanlon were named Athletes with a Disability of the Year at the Athletics Australia awards.

Germany women's wheelchair basketball

After settling for silver at the previous Paralympics and World Championships, Germany’s women’s wheelchair basketball team got their gold at London 2012.

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Kenya’s NPC was named the nation’s best sports organisation of the year.

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Michèle George became the first Paralympic athlete to win Belgium’s equestrian rider of the year award.

Sochi 2014 Volunteers.

The Sochi 2014 Organising Committee has set 1 March 2013 as the closing date for volunteer applications.

Australia women's 4x100m medley relay 34 points

The women’s 4x100m medley relay 34 points in London could not have been closer, with Australia’s Jacqueline Freney touching the wall first for her eighth gold at the Games.

USA ice sledge hockey team

USA defeated Canada, 1-0, for first place and Norway beat Japan, 5-0, for third place at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Calgary.

Abdullah Alaryani

UAE shooting athlete Abdullah Alaryani created the No. 24 moment of 2012 when he beat 28-time Paralympic medallist Jonas Jacobsson for gold.