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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Logo Canadian Paralympic Commitee
America

The event, organised by the Canadian Paralympic Committee, promotes a healthy, active lifestyle for all Canadians through Para sports.

Andrew Kurka of the USA competes at the Tarvisio 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing Championships.
Alpine Skiing

The US sit skier left the 2017 World Para Alpine Skiing with downhill gold, allowing him to look towards the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games with confidence.

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

The French standing skier has a clear medal target for the Worlds in Finsterau, Germany, from Friday (10 February).

Man on snowboard turns on a banked slope
Snowboard

After a season of chasing the best, the French snowboarder finally beat the best at the 2017 World Championships in Big White.

Martin Fleig of Germany competes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.
Cross-Country Skiing

The German Nordic skier secured a World Cup win last month and is confident he can claim his first world title in Finsterau, from Friday (10 February).

website for the 2017 IBSA Goalball European Championships Group A
Goalball

The latest information about the event, which will take place in Lahti, Finland, from 18-22 September, can now be found online.

Vanessa Low GER competes in the Women's Long Jump - T42 Final at the Olympic Stadium.
Athletics

Germany’s Rio 2016 athletics champion was chosen because she “conveys the values that this prize wants to promote: to never give up and to positively shape the future.”

Allianz Zagreb, Croatia - ‘Be the Missing Piece’ sponsorship project implemented by the Croatian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Allianz Zagreb
Croatia

The sponsorship project implemented by the Croatian Paralympic Committee (CPC) and Allianz Zagreb was chosen the most creative and original initiative in 2016.

London 2017 - logo for stories
Great Britain

Corporate and Sporting Events (CSE) to support London 2017 with some of the logistics involved with the summer of World Athletics.

2017 Media Awards and BP Courage Award
America

Both sets of awards mark achievements at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

A shooting para athlete holding a rifle.
Shooting

Updates to the Technical Rules and Regulations and Classification Rules and Regulations come into force with immediate effect.

Sascha Kindred
Swimming

The six-time Paralympian and seven time Paralympic champion has decided to bow out after more than two decades.

Snowboarder on a slope
Snowboard

The announcement was made during the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships taking place in Big White, Canada.

Three men on a podium holding giant checks and their medals
Snowboard

The World Championships concluded with banked slalom, as Maxime Montaggioni won the men’s SB-UL category with his final run.

Chris Vos v Reinhold Schett Finals | 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships in Big White
Snowboard

The Austrian said silver in snowboard-cross might actually be an advantage heading into banked slalom competition.

Chris Clarke and Libby Clegg of Great Britain in action during the women's 100m - T11 Semifinals at the Olympic Stadium on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Athletics

With the athletics season starting to get underway, here are 10 world marks that could be toppled in the coming months.

Oksana Shyshkova of Ukraine
Cross-Country Skiing

The Ukrainian visually impaired skier plans to make 2017 her year having missed out on the top step on the podium at the last three editions.

Jose Luis Campo, president of the Americas Paralympic Committee.
America

Jose Luis Campo will seek re-election as Americas Paralympic Committee President; Vice-president and three members will also be chosen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 18 March.

A picture of a Wheelchair Fencer celebrating her victory
Wheelchair Fencing

Victory in Hungary would make crowd favourite Zsuzsanna Krajnyak world No.1 in the women’s foil category A ahead of China’s Rio 2016 champion Jing Rong.

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

The Canadian has high hopes for his season, despite being hospitalised for the first races.