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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Borislava Peric-Rankovic SRB vs Miao Zhang CHN in the Women's Singles - Cl 4 Gold Medal Match at the Riocentro - Pavilion 3.
Table Tennis

Four regional Championships and the World Team Championships highlight 2017.

PyeongChang 2018 emblem
PyeongChang 2018

MOUs signed with US and Korean Institutions to add weight to robust volunteer program

Strathmore water has been announced as the national supplier of bottled water for both the IAAF World Championships London 2017 and the World Para Athletics Championships.
Athletics

Athletes, officials and volunteers at London 2017 will be hydrated by more than one million bottles of water being supplied by the water brand.

Visually impaired skiers needed for research at the Tarvisio 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships
Alpine Skiing

Researchers from the University of Waterloo are inviting athletes to help with classification at the Para alpine Worlds in Tarvisio, Italy.

Mike Minor
Snowboard

Minor remains undefeated while Purdy makes successful season debut, just ahead of the 2017 World Championships.

Amanda Dennis USA in action during the Goalball Women's Preliminary Group C match between the United States of America and Brazil at Future Arena
Rio 2016

The US goalball player was a key member of the team that returned to the Paralympic podium at Rio 2016 and is now preparing for the next events.

Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch was elected for induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Wheelchair Tennis

The first Dutch female wheelchair tennis player to win Paralympic gold recalls Barcelona 1992, the Games in which she made history.

A visually impaired skier and guide in the mixed zone
Alpine Skiing

Austria’s Claudia Loesch toppled Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber in the super-G in snowy conditions in Tarvisio on Thursday (26 January).

Zviad Gogotchuri of Georgia
Judo

Ukraine has the most top-ranked judokas with four, followed by South Korea with two.

Downhill | 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships, Tarvisio
Alpine Skiing

Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber also won gold alongside France’s Marie Bochet and the USA’s Andrew Kurka with downhill titles in Tarvisio, Italy.

Three men in wheelchairs on a podium showing their medals
Athletics

Paralympic table tennis silver medallists Andela Muzinic and Helena Dretar Karic were also chosen the best Croatian team in 2016.

Finsterau, Germany
Cross-Country Skiing

The 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships will take place in Finsterau, Germany, from 10-19 February with 135 athletes from 25 countries competing.

Veronika Vadovicova - Rio 2016
Shooting

With two Paralympic gold medals and one silver, the Slovak shooter’s career peaked in Rio, which could not have happened without past defeats and change.

A para swimmer
Tokyo 2020

The Portuguese swimmer reflects on his Rio 2016 disappointment and how he’s moving forward.

Todd Nicholson named Canada's Chef de Mission for PyeongChang 2018
PyeongChang 2018

The five-time Para ice hockey Paralympian will serve as the official spokesperson for Team Canada.

Monique Kalkman-Van den Bosch was elected for induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.
Wheelchair Tennis

The Netherlands’ former wheelchair tennis player and Paralympic champion was elected for induction to the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

A general view of the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Park.
Athletics

‘Team Personal Best’ to deliver a programme of local community level activities

Mike Minor
PyeongChang 2018

When the US Para snowboarder races, he says ‘success seems to follow.’

A visually impaired skier takes a bend
Alpine Skiing

Two training runs got the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships underway in Tarvisio, Italy.

Skier in orange and white ski suit, skis at speed down slope
Alpine Skiing

The Canadian women’s standing skier has been in top form at the World Cup level and feels good ahead of World Championships in Tarvisio, Italy.