PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Biathlon

Bernhard Kraus, priest at the local church, volunteers at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Germany.

Equestrian

Pepo Puch, Stinna Tange Kaastrup and Sanne Voets were among the athletes receiving honours from their nations.

Athletics

A profile of Germany’s Heinrich Popow, a man determined to spread the word about the Paralympic Movement both on and off the track.

Cycling

Ahead of the World Championships in LA, find out more about Para cycling.

Snowboard

The Japanese snowboarder is keeping the men’s SB-LL2 on their toes-edges ahead of PyeongChang 2018.

Snowboard

A series of newly crowned world champions will compete in La Molina, Spain, from Monday (13 February)

The IPC Taskforce report summarises the progress the RPC has made in meeting the conditions required to have its IPC suspension lifted.

Table Tennis

The line-up for 2017 includes some new faces including Paralympic, world and European champions.

Cross-Country Skiing

Father Josef and mother Marien cheered for their children Carina and her brother guide Julian as they took gold at the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships.

Cross-Country Skiing

Guides from Norway, Ukraine and Germany shared their thoughts whilst they compete at the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships.

Paralympic champions Oleksandra Kononova and Grygorii Vovchynskyi, who married in 2011, are representing Ukraine at the World Para Nordic Skiing Championships in Finsterau.

Alpine Skiing

Medallists from the recently concluded World Para Alpine Skiing Championships highlight the fields for slalom and giant slalom.

Great Britain

The partnership with the global retailer will cover PyeongChang 2018 and Tokyo 2020.

Cross-Country Skiing

The US sit-skier was the fastest in the women’s cross-country sprint race to claim her maiden world title in Finsterau, Germany.

Cycling

Great Britain´s most decorated female Paralympian is yet not satisfied with her medal haul and aims to win more titles in four-years-time.

Wheelchair Tennis

The 16-year-old wheelchair tennis player dreams of reaching the top spot in the women´s rankings, emulating what her hero and tennis legend Martina Hingis did over a decade ago.

New Zealand

The third edition of this event since the end of Rio 2016 will take place on 18 February and aims to raise awareness of Para sports in the country.

Cross-Country Skiing

Successful sporting events are a consequence of the hard work of many people behind the scenes.

It will be the sixth edition of the event, with the previous ones taking place in Madrid, Quebec, Sao Paulo, Antalya and Seoul.

Cross-Country Skiing

The German sit-skier, who won silver in the women´s biathlon middle distance sitting at Finsterau 2017, says a good book always helps her relax before competing.