PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Alpine Skiing

The 19-year-old alpine skier is ready to climb world rankings in lead up to World Championships and the Winter Paralympics.

PyeongChang 2018

The South Korean Para snowboarder targets competitions in the 2016-17 season that would improve his ranking toward PyeongChang 2018.

Triathlon

Eight athletes will be supported as they work toward Tokyo 2020.

Wheelchair Rugby

The youngest members on the Australian and US wheelchair rugby teams had a Games to remember at Rio 2016.

Swimming

The swimming multi-Paralympic champion admits having the local crowd behind him at Rio 2016 “motivated me to give even more of myself.”

Swimming

The four-time Paralympic champion and former world-record holding swimmer is keeping Rio 2016 in perspective.

Cycling

Para athletes and NPCs are invited to send a video message expressing their feelings about the Iranian cyclist, who died following a crash in the Rio 2016 road race.

An IPC volunteer writer for three years, Stuart was invited to cover judo and wheelchair fencing at Rio 2016.

Judo

Countries interested in staging either the World or the Continental Championships must send a completed sanction application form to the IBSA Secretary General by 31 October.

Para Ice Hockey

USA’s two-time Paralympic alpine skiing bronze medallist shares three unknown facts about her.

Cycling

Great Britain’s Sarah Storey and Italy’s Alex Zanardi were among the award winners recognised for their achievements in road racing.

Athletics

Selections interview to a “Runner” for the summer of World Athletics will commence in December.

Wheelchair Rugby

The wheelchair rugby event took place in Nottwil, Switzerland, between 3-9 October.

Wheelchair Fencing

The new wheelchair fencing season will feature five World Cups.

Athletics

The leading chilled yogurts and desserts manufacturer is the first National Partner of next summer’s World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships.

Rio 2016

More than one month on from Rio 2016, the US swimmer describes how important it was for him to break the 30-year-old 100m freestyle S11 world record.

Wheelchair Rugby

Five Asian nations took part in the competition, which was part of the 6th TAFISA World Sport for All Games.

Six teams have been nominated based on their outstanding gold-medal performances from Rio 2016.

Blind Football

A total of 10 players and 10 coaches took part in the UEFA-backed IBSA Blind Football Development Project Europe event.

Tokyo 2020

After meeting many people involved in the organisation of Tokyo 2020, Sir Philip Craven is confident the Games in the Japanese capital could be the best ever.