PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Helene Ripa recovers and sets sights on Finsterau
Sweden’s Sochi 2014 cross-country skiing champion could not compete at this year’s World Cup due to a bad cold but believes she will be ready for the Worlds.
![Portrait picture of Jessica Stretton](/sites/default/files/images/170104122019531_Jessica%2BStretton_archery_GettyImages-577083372.jpg)
Stretton sets world record at Fazza event
The 16-year-old Paralympic champion set a new record in the women’s W1 category.
![Big White, Canada, will host the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160826135814138_DSC_4610.jpg)
Monthly preview: February 2017
Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.
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Finishing touches put to 2017 Para Nordic Worlds
Organisers are working round the clock in anticipation of the arrival of 135 athletes from 25 countries.
![Argentina’s Gustavo Fernandez, Canada’s Mac Marcoux and USA’s Andrew Kurka](/sites/default/files/images/170203105706693_FotorCreated.jpg)
Voting open for Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’
Popular vote will decide who the best athlete in the Americas was in January 2017, via www.americasparalympic.org.
Three reasons why Oksana Shyshkova loves skiing
The Ukrainian secured multiple World Cup wins in January and will be one to look out for at the World Championships in Finsterau, Germany, from 10-19 February.
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London 2017 LTD announce national supplier deal with Heineken
The World Para Athletics Championships will take place between 14-23 July 2017.
Para sport in review: January 2017
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during January.
Channel 4 wins prestigious award for Paralympic coverage
The UK Paralympic broadcaster picked up the Sports Broadcast Award at the Broadcast Awards.
![Markus Rehm of Germany](/sites/default/files/images/170202084210338_Markus%2BRehm.jpg)
German Paralympic champions to elect German Federal President
Niko Kappel and Markus Rehm have been chosen to be part of the Federal Convention.
![Juan Jose Mendez Fernandez of Spain](/sites/default/files/images/170202082616829_GettyImages-601090252.jpg)
IPC and Getty extend partnership agreement
Getty Images will provide extensive photographic coverage of the Paralympic Games and a number of other major Para sport events.
![Jody Cundy of Great Britain](/sites/default/files/images/170127114414665_Jody%2BCundy.jpg)
British team named for LA Track Worlds
Jody Cundy headlines the British team for March’s UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships.
![Amy Purdy](/sites/default/files/images/140318211952812_478591283_0.jpg)
Purdy ‘grateful’ to return in time for Worlds
The Sochi 2014 bronze medallist is determined to make it to the PyeongChang 2018 Winter Paralympics.
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Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – January 2017
The public has until 9 February to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
Obersaxen to host 2019 World Para Alpine Skiing Champs
The announcement comes at an exciting time for Swiss Para alpine skiing, with one gold and two silver medals from the 2017 Worlds.
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IPC appoints Sunset+Vine as host broadcaster for World Para Athletics Championships
The London-based production company will provide live, highlights and news coverage from the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships
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Dubai to host 2017 Asian Youth Games
The event involving around 600 athletes will take place between 10-14 December
Three reasons why Anja Wicker loves skiing
Germany’s biathlon Paralympic champion is excited ahead of her home World Championships in Finsterau, from 10-19 February.
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Tokyo 2020 to engage all of Japan in creating Games’ Medals
The Organising Committee aims to collect eight tons of metal from discarded or obsolete electronic devices
![Samantha Bosco of the USA competes in the women's C5 3000m individual pursuit track cycling at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170201080534546_Samantha%2BBosco%2Bof%2Bthe%2BUSA.jpg)
US team named for track World Championships in LA
Sixteen athletes from the host nation will compete at the UCI Para cycling Track World Championships in March.