Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Santa Claus shaking hands with a wheelchair athlete

Father Christmas flies to South Korea in support of Finnish team

Para Snowboard: Sports of the Paralympic Winter Games

Sport returns for its second straight Paralympics with more medal events and athletes

a group of Para ice hockey players celebrate a goal

Para ice hockey players Sudo and Horie bring different vibes to the team

a male biathlete skies towards the finish line

Canadian looks to complete his Paralympic medal haul with gold in standing biathlon

a group of people smiling

Venues and dates confirmed for next two Paralympic Summer Games

Canada at the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games

Television, digital and radio coverage will be available live and on demand

a female Para skier raises her arms in celebration on the podium

Retired alpine skier did not realise how far the 60-second ad would reach

Trailer for the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games

Almost 50 rights holders will broadcast the Games into at least 100 territories

a male and female Para Nordic skier smiling together

Carina Edlinger and Eirik Bye hope to celebrate Paralympic success as a couple

Anna Jochemsen wins women's downhill standing |  2018 World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup

Dutch skier aims for “perfect race” in order to beat four-time Sochi 2014 gold medallist

a male vision impaired skier rounds a gate

Vison impaired alpine skier and guide Jeremy O´Sullivan to compete at Winter Paralympics

PyeongChang2018: Jesper Pederson

Norwegian receives advice from Olympic champion ahead of Winter Paralympics

Mac Marcoux wins men's super-G VI | 2018 World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup

Alpine skier wrapped up strong World Cup season by sweeping his races in the Finals

Georgina Hermitage of Great Britain competes at the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.

The British sprinter will compete at the year’s first World Para Athletics Grand Prix

the Agitos symbol covered in snow at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Village

Three winter sport representatives will be elected during the Games

Arly Velasquez

Paralympians, team officials and super-fans selected to record exclusive behind-the-scenes video blogs

a male Para alpine skier

South Korea’s first Winter Paralympic medallist aims to reach the podium again on home soil

Para Ice Hockey: Sports of the Paralympic Winter Games

Canada-USA rivalry headlines the sport at the Paralympic Winter Games

a female Para skier

Four more gold medals to be handed out before Closing Ceremony celebrations

a female wheelchair curler pushes the stone across the ice

Penultimate day will also be the busiest as Para ice hockey and wheelchair curling medals decided