PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair Tennis

The UNIQLO Wheelchair Tennis Tour started with 11 tournaments in 1992 and consists now of more than 150 annually over 40 countries.

Wheelchair Fencing

Ten wheelchair fencers and 32 swimmers have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

PyeongChang 2018

Interested non rights holding broadcasters can apply online via https://www.paralympic.org/pyeongchang-2018/media

Biathlon

France’s Para Nordic skier won the men’s Individual visually impaired race in Western Center, Ukraine, on 17 January.

Athletics

A quarter of a million schoolchildren across Greater London given opportunity to attend the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.

Alpine Skiing

A host of world champions and World Cup leaders will line up for slalom and giant slalom in Slovenia from 18-20 January, ahead of the Worlds.

Ghana

The National Paralympic Committees of Haiti, Argentina, Cameroon and Ghana implemented successful media campaigns for Rio 2016.

Swimming

World Para Swimming is inviting potential classifiers to receive hands-on training in Copenhagen, Denmark, in March.

Athletics

Media can now apply for accreditation via www.paralympic.org/london-2017

Wheelchair Tennis

The Apia International was the first ITF Super Series of the year, with all 2016 singles champions successfully defending their title.

America

The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March.

Shooting

Six badminton players and 12 shooters have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Alpine Skiing

With under one week to go until his home alpine skiing World Championships, the teenager talks of his hopes.

America

Experts from around the world have until 31 January to submit their abstracts for September’s event in Canada.

Cross-Country Skiing

Ukraine also picked up five more home victories at the Western Center.

The Paralympic Movement is being asked to help celebrate role models, influencers and unsung heroes who help to grow female representation in Para sport.

Great Britain

The ParalympicsGB Senior Leadership Team for the Paralympic Winter Games was also confirmed, with Chief Executive Tim Hollingsworth taking the position of Secretary General again.

Powerlifting

Six canoeists and 11 powerlifters have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

Alpine Skiing

Both skiers won the women’s sitting and visually impaired super combined respectively in Innerkrems, Austria, on Sunday (15 January).

Cross-Country Skiing

The Ukrainian secured her fourth cross-country World Cup win of the season on Sunday (15 January), after losing out in the middle distance classic.