PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Buffalo 2016: Canada Team Preview
What you need to know about Canada prior to the 2016 Ice Sledge Hockey Pan Pacific Championships, Buffalo, USA.

Canada to conclude season at Pan Pacifics
Coach Ken Babey wants to end ice sledge hockey season on a high.

Buffalo 2016: South Korea Team Preview
What you need to know about South Korea prior to the 2016 Ice Sledge Hockey Pan Pacific Championships, Buffalo, USA.

Belgian Paralympic athletes ‘catwalk’ to Rio
Livia De Clercq and Jean-François Deberg modelled the outfits Team Belgium will wear at Rio 2016.
Training with cross-country skier Eirik Bye
The Paralympic and World Championships medallist has been working with a new guide this season.
Records that could be broken at Rio 2016
After three World Cups the competition in powerlifting has intensified in time for the Paralympic Games.
Sarah Louise Rung: Why I love swimming
The Paralympic and world champion reveals all about her passion for a sport she has been doing since was a child.

Tudhope: Increase in quality of snowboard field ‘insane’
Young Australian is heading towards his second Paralympic Winter Games knowing that he will have to bring his absolute best.

Sport week: Para-equestrian rider Puch back for more
The grade 1b Paralympic freestyle champion looks to defend his title in Rio.

Tunisian and Polish athletes dominate Tunis Grand Prix
On the second day of competition there were wins for Ibrahmi, Piotrowski, Madzia and Merai amongst others.

Tunisia’s Walid Ktila claims victory at IPC Athletics Grand Prix
With less than six months to go until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Tunisia’s Walid Ktila showed he is still the man to beat in the 100m T34.

Buffalo 2016: Team Pan Pacific Team Preview
What you need to know about Team Pan Pacific prior to the 2016 Ice Sledge Hockey Pan Pacific Championships, Buffalo, USA.

Sport Week: Five para-equestrian storylines at Rio
Rivalries renewed, London 2012 champions returning and new riders rising — these are just a few storylines to watch for at Rio.

Ice sledge hockey Euros, Pan Pacifics to be shown live
Full coverage details for the Pan Pacifics between 29 March – 2 April and Euros from 5-10 April.

Tunisian athletes look to shine on home Grand Prix
The third Grand Prix stop of the IPC Athletics season will be in Tunis, Tunisia, and will feature world and Paralympic medallists.

Israel push to develop powerlifting
The country hosts a training seminar for coaches, referees and athletes in a bid to double their number of athletes over the coming year.

Road to Youth Parapans supported by Agitos Foundation
The Foundation’s latest development project will support young athletes and coaches as they prepare for the competition in 2017 in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Canada to host wheelchair basketball Toronto Challenge
The women’s team will play Great Britain, the Netherlands and the USA for a series of exhibition games from 30 March.

Sport Week: History of para-equestrian
A look back at the sport’s 20 years since being part of the Paralympic Games.