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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two dancers, one in wheelchair, one standing pose
Para dance sport

Five competitions make up the international schedule, including a new World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Josh Pauls, Brody Roybal and Declan Farmer
Para Ice Hockey

Nothing to separate reigning champions Canada and Paralympic champions USA at World Sledge Hockey Challenge as they both take wins on Monday (2 February).

Woman in sit ski on a slope passing a gate
Alpine Skiing

Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss, Georg Kreiter and Austrian Claudia Loesch all take victory in giant slalom in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Megan Pascoe of Great Britain
Sailing

Norwegian sailors win two out of three disciplines at the ISAF 2015 Sailing World Cup in Miami, USA.

Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova won golds in biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Nordic skiing Worlds.
Cross-Country Skiing

Your monthly recap of all the sporting events which took place last month.

Ellie Simmonds
Swimming

British Paralympic swimming champion says Yelyzaveta Mereshko will push her to the maximum at July’s World Championships in Glasgow.

Dream Programme in South Korea
Republic of Korea

More than 170 athletes, including 26 from seven National Paralympic Committees, are taking part in the initiative which aims to develop winter sports.

Two men in wheelchair on ice, looking at some curling stones.
Judo

Winter sports dominate a busy month of sport in February, but the para-athletics season will also get underway in Dubai, UAE.

Ice sledge hockey Canada
Para Ice Hockey

The USA win 3-2 against Russia in a replay of the Sochi 2014 final, and Canada beat South Korea in an 8-0 rout in Leduc, Canada.

Tanni Grey-Thompson
Great Britain

Event on 5 March is an opportunity to try various Paralympic sports.

France's Benjamin Daviet helped to secure victory over world champions Russia at Cable 2015.
Cross-Country Skiing

Benjamin Daviet, Anthony Chalencon, Lucas Duperrex and Thomas Clarion beat the reigning open relay world champions at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

Austria and Finland go head-to-head in January 2015's playoff to decide which team progresses to the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.
Para Ice Hockey

In a match both teams could have won, Austria came from one goal down to secure the deciding win.

Marta Zaynullina, Russia pushes on
Cross-Country Skiing

The cross-country relays will round-off the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Cable, Wisconsin, USA on Sunday (1 February).

The USA's Andrew Soule won an historic five golds medals at Cable 2015
Cross-Country Skiing

Germany’s Andrea Eskau completed a trio of cross-country victories and Oleksandra Kononova completed her clean sweep of six golds.

Athlete practicing para-canoe
Rio 2016

There will be three men’s and three women’s events in kayak when the sport makes its Paralympic debut.

a male Para ice hockey player
Para Ice Hockey

Sunday’s (1 February) game will feature a replay of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games gold medal match between the USA and Russia.

The Netherlands' Jiske Griffioen poses her with her trophy after winning her women's wheelchair singles final against Japan's Yui Kamiji at the Australian Open 2015 Wheelchair Championships.
Wheelchair Tennis

Jiske Griffioen claimed her first ever singles Grand Slam title on Saturday (31 January) with victory over world No.1 Yui Kamiji.

Spanish wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

Twelve men’s and seven women’s teams will compete this summer in Worcester, Great Britain.

The IPC has decided that 22 sports will make up the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games sports programme.
Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games will feature 22 sports, with badminton and taekwondo included for the first time.

Canada's Chris Klebl won the men's middle distance cross-country sitting at Sochi 2014.
Cross-Country Skiing

The last individual events at the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, will take place on Saturday (31 January).