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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Mark Arendz, Oksana Masters and Alexander Cataldo are the three shortlisted Para athletes for the Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’ poll for February 2017.
America

Popular vote will decide who the best athlete in the Americas was in February 2017, via www.americasparalympic.org.

Australian Paralympic Committee logo
Australia

Kiteley will join the Australian Paralympic Committee to help national Para athletes and coaches strive for new great heights.

Man in sit ski in action on the slopes
Alpine Skiing

Multiple Paralympic and world champions have travelled to Japan ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Test Event.

sit skier in action on a slope
Alpine Skiing

Japan’s Taiki Morii is preparing for the Para alpine skiing season climax, which includes a World Cup at home in Hakuba from Sunday (5 March).

Martin Joppa of Slovakia at the Ostersund 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.
PyeongChang 2018

The competition will be the last chance for teams to qualify for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Woman on bike in a velodrome
Cycling

Jamie Whitmore and Joseph Berenyi took two titles for the USA, whilst Canada also celebrated double gold through Ross Wilson and Tristen Chernove.

Rob Jones and Oksana Masters
Rowing

Six nations will partake in the development camp.

Three men on a podium
Powerlifting

The final day of action in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, saw the men’s and women’s heavyweights in action.

The first of 2017’s World Para Athletics education courses took place in Canberra, Australia.
Athletics

The course in Canberra is one of many education courses planned for around the world this year in the sport of Para athletics.

website for the 2017 IBSA Goalball European Championships Group A
Goalball

The Finnish Sports Association of Persons with Disabilities launched a video series to raise awareness of goalball ahead of the European Championships, from 18-22 September.

Sarah Louise Rung at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Championships in Funchal, Portugal.
Swimming

For the first time the World Series will take place in five countries across Europe and the Americas – starting in Copenhagen, Denmark, from 11-12 March.

Three Para ice hockey players on ice talking to each other
Para Ice Hockey

South Korea will also face Norway for a shot at the overall win of the Torino Para Ice Hockey International Tournament in Italy.

Aileen Neilson examins her delivery
Wheelchair Curling

Ten teams will go for the world title and also get a sample of the venue that will host the sport at PyeongChang 2018.

Para Trap Shooting
Shooting

Lonato, Italy, will host the competition in September 2017.

Media at the Sochi 2014
Winter Sports

Media accreditation for the World Para Alpine Skiing, World Para Snowboard and World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup Finals now open

Michael Brannigan - Rio 2016
Athletics

Find our who raised the bar in terms of performance this month in Para athletics

Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo
Taekwondo

Ten athletes entered the world rankings for the first time.

Collage with five sports pictures
Cross-Country Skiing

The public has until 9 March to vote for their favourite among the five candidates.

Pepo Puch - Rio 2016
Equestrian

Competition is first to use the new names for the sport’s five grades.

Men's -88 kg | FAZZA World Para Powerlifting World Cup
Powerlifting

China’s Miaoyu Han also had an exceptional international debut, winning the women’s up to 73kg at the World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.