PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para Ice Hockey

Tickets are available for as little as USD 5, with the opening day featuring a replay of the final from Sochi 2014 between the hosts US and Russia.

Athletics

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug who will be looking to defend five world titles later this year will be one of the star names at the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the year.

Swimming

Olympic medallist Keri-Anne Payne and Europeans medallist Scott Quin get behind the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships with 150 days to go.

Cycling

Dame Sarah Storey headlines the British team heading to Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, in March.

Alpine Skiing

Italian 2013-14 overall men’s visually impaired World Cup winner Alessandro Daldoss and guide Luca Negrini have parted ways but Daldoss will still give 100 per cent at Panorama 2015.

Wheelchair Curling

China, Finland and Slovakia join Russia in the play-off games.

VISTA

Ciro Winckler and Raymond So will speak on athlete health and performance

Athletics

Germany’s ice sledge hockey team looks to turn around their season prior to the World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, New York.

Athletics

Kurt Fearnley and the Australian wheelchair rugby team amongst the high profile winners.

Snowboard

A total of 12 sets of medals will be handed out at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships between 23-28 February.

Wheelchair Curling

Russia remains unbeaten after wins against China and Finland on day four of the Championships.

Judo

Since switching from wrestling to judo, the US athletes has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top.

Summer Sports

Andrea Bundon, a Research Associate at the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport at Loughborough University (UK), gives advice on how para-athletes can use social media.

Canada

Milos Raonic Foundation has supported the CPC with a CAD 30,000 grant

Sochi 2014 winners Petushkov and Schaffelhuber headline shortlist of six athletes up for March’s award.

Athletics

Great Britain’s teenage sprint sensation gives an insight into her training regime as part of a new IPC Athletics series

Athletics

Tatyana McFadden and Ray Martin headline US marathon team for 2015 World Championships.

The Nottingham RC rower set an LTA overall world record of 3:28.6 for 1,000m at the event staged in the Olympic Velodrome in London on Monday, 9 February.

Alpine Skiing

Canada’s former speed world champion is hoping that a shift to technical events will help her onto the podium at the 2015 Worlds in Panorama, Canada.

Table Tennis

Training camps, partnerships and matches against Olympic counterparts are all part of the British masterplan for success at Rio 2016.