PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The National Paralympic Committee has been bringing together representatives from all islands to identify new athletes and have organised a national Championships.

Snowboard

Austrian rider Patrick Mayrhofer has set his sights on a medal in the new discipline of banked slalom as well as snowboard-cross.

Alpine Skiing

It was Groundhog Day in St Moritz as Marcoux, Bugaev, Bochet, Umstead and Schaffelhuber all secured slalom World Cup Finals wins.

Wheelchair Curling

Paralympic and world champions Canada are looking to add a fourth title to their collection.

PyeongChang 2018

IPC CEO asks PyeongChang to “start putting plans into action” as it approaches three years to go until the next Paralympic Winter Games.

VISTA

VISTA 2017 will be the first major gathering of international experts in Paralympic sport following the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Para Ice Hockey

Russia also took victory over South Korea at the 2015 World Sledge Hockey Challenge in Leduc, Canada.

Sitting Volleyball

New site can be found at www.worldparavolley.org

Wheelchair Curling

It will be the fourth time the event has been held in Switzerland since 2002.

After this year's Super Bowl featured two adverts starring people with an impairment, the IPC's Director of Media and Communications, asks if a new trend is emerging.

Tokyo 2020

Partners since 2006, the two organisations have agreed to work together identifying a number of collaborative areas through to after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Wheelchair Tennis

Both Martin de la Puente and Viktoriia Lvova beat their opponents in straight sets to clinch the title.

Athletics

Australia’s multiple-world and Paralympic champion wants to set a 100m world record that can never be beaten.

Last call to submit feedback on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 2017 Classification Code.

Alpine Skiing

Victory for Canada’s Mac Marcoux over Russian Paralympic champion Valerii Redkozubov in St. Moritz.

Rio 2016

The sport’s leading superpower has already qualified men’s and women’s teams for the first Paralympic Games in South America

Wheelchair Curling

Paralympic and world champions head to Finland looking to cement their position as the world’s best wheelchair curling team.

The public has until Monday 9 February to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.

Blind Football

The Paralympic Pele looking to secure his third Parapan title in Toronto this August.

Alpine Skiing

The USA’s Tyler Walker, Austria’s Matthias Lanzinger and Great Britain’s Millie Knight also take giant slalom victory in St. Moritz, Switzerland.