PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

two male sit skiers on the snow

PyeongChang 2018

Two Para Nordic skiers offered bipartite slots to compete in March’s Paralympic Winter Games

A male Para Nordic skier sprints towards the finish line

PyeongChang 2018

Ukrainians out to challenge current leaders in final event before PyeongChang 2018

four Para athletes compete at their sports

PyeongChang 2018

Winter sports’ World Cup circuits come to an end

a female Para cyclist on the road

Cycling

Australian cyclist hoping to go one better than her Paralympic silver at Track Worlds

Members of NPC Cambodia and Agitos Foundation staff pose for picture in front of NPC headquarters in Phnom Penh

Agitos Foundation

NPC aims to improve its governance thanks to Organisational Capacity Programme

NPC Paraguay emblem

America

South American country approved by IPC Governing Board as provisional member

a male Para Nordic skier on the snow

PyeongChang 2018

Medal favourite leads Finnish team at finale of World Para Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti

a female Para ice hockey player in action

PyeongChang 2018

The 24-year-old will be the only female on Norway’s Paralympic roster

a female sit skier rounds a gate

PyeongChang 2018

Anna Schaffelhuber among 19 confirmed for Paralympic Winter Games

a male vision impaired skier coming down the slope

PyeongChang 2018

Frenchman wins all three vision impaired races at season’s third Europa Cup in Sella Nevea

PyeongChang 2018 commemorative stamps

A total of 800,000 copies of 10 stamps with Winter Paralympics mascot Bandabi to be sold

two Para ice hockey teams celebrating on the ice

PyeongChang 2018

One of the fiercest rivalries on the ice will take centre stage at the Paralympic Winter Games

NHK animation Football 5-a-side

Tokyo 2020

Japanese broadcaster airs first episode of ‘Animation x Paralympic: Who is Your Hero?’

a male blind footballer

Blind Football

Argentinian blind football star feels confident after Copa America gold last December

three male powerlifters ona podium

Powerlifting

Nicaraguan seeks gold at Americas Open Championships in Bogota

Year kicked off with multiple competitions across the globe

PyeongChang 2018

Winter athletes are getting ready for March’s Winter Paralympics in PyeongChang

PyeongChang 2018

Ralph Lauren-designed Winter Games uniforms include internal heating

Para ice hockey players contest a puck

PyeongChang 2018

Nine players set to make headlines on the ice at the Winter Paralympics

a male Para athlete crosses the finish line

Boccia

More than 300 athletes compete at second Para Central American Games

Athetes in wheelchairs draw names out of a bowl

Wheelchair Basketball

Sixteen men’s and 12 women’s teams will battle it out in August