PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Boccia

The newly crowned BC1 individual Paralympic champion knows more medals brings pressure, but team support is key.

Swimming

The Brazilian swimmer was the face of September’s Paralympic Games, winning four gold medals in front of joyous home crowds.

Sweden

Para Sport Sweden presented the nominees for the Para sport awards whilst Colombian newspaper El Espectador presented theirs.

Swimming

After leaving Rio 2016 with his first Paralympic title, the Italian swimmer is hungry for more success in 2017.

Rio 2016

Reaching 1.3 billion, with more than 71 million video views, the IPC's social media strategy reached new heighs at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Alpine Skiing

Kampschreur, Knight and Bertagnolli record wins on final day of Alpine Skiing World Cup.

Cross-Country Skiing

Between 10-19 February 180 gold, silver and bronze medals will be awarded to cross-country skiers and biathletes in Finsterau, Germany.

Athletics

The multi-Paralympic wheelchair racer recalls her final showdown at Athens 2004, where she claimed two gold medals.

Archery

It was a historic scene when the Para archer carried her nation’s flag during Rio 2016 Olympics Opening Ceremony.

Shooting

For the Ukrainian pistol shooting bronze medalist, his first Paralympic Games resembled an emotional roller-coaster ride.

New Zealand

High Performance Sport New Zealand has given Paralympics New Zealand an increase in funding.

Alpine Skiing

German, Canadian, Slovakian, French, US, British skiers all finish on the slalom podium in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Alpine Skiing

Slovakia’s five-time Paralympic champion bounced back after yesterday´s defeat to Great Britain's Millie Knight to claim her first win in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Swimming

The British swimmer broke two world records at September’s Paralympic Games but missed his own personal target of three golds and five medals in total.

Rio 2016

Brazil welcomed Latin America’s first Paralympic Games in spectacular style at the mythic Maracana stadium on 7 September.

Snowboard

Find out what the Dutch snowboarder does when she is not competing.

Asia

Cambodia, Laos, the Philippines will take part in the Agitos Foundation’s Organisational Capacity Programme.

Switzerland

The Swiss travel agent changes its sponsor status and becomes Swiss Paralympic Supplier on 1 January 2017.

Alpine Skiing

French teenager Arthur Bauchet also took the win in the men’s giant slalom standing on an impressive World Cup debut.

Table Tennis

Wheelchair racer Peter Genyn was also awarded the "Vlaamse Sportjuweel".