PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![No. 17 Bochet claims 50th World Cup win](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/6susssb3nqJg7lyxVo6oZBPSBTBtSe1n3oZTeeS0qH4.jpg?itok=G_zqWCQp)
No. 17 Bochet claims 50th World Cup win
The French 11-time world champion won 17 World Cup races in a row in 2015-16, to follow up on her five world titles from 2015.
![2016 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships was held in Kosice, Slovakia.](/sites/default/files/images/161215084621106_dance_0.jpg)
Hosts wanted for Para dance sport Euros, Asian Champs
The Championships, scheduled for 2018, will attract some of the world’s best dancers.
![Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain](/sites/default/files/images/150225173658909_Chris%2BVos%2BLa%2BMolina.jpg)
Three things Chris Vos does off the snow
Which other teenage sports star does the Dutch world champion snowboarder like to watch when he’s not competing?
![The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March 2017.](/sites/default/files/images/161215110455466_Sao%2BPaulo%2B2017.jpg)
Coordination Commission ends second visit to Sao Paulo
The fourth Youth Parapan American Games will take place in the Brazilian city from 20-25 March.
![Celal Coban of Turkey runs with the ball in the men's football 5-a-side during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/161215113414034_football%2B5.jpg)
Tickets on sale for football-5 Euros
The competition will take place in Berlin, Germany, between 17-27 August.
![Eliezer Gabriel Buenaventura never stopped dreaming - #TeamAgitos - on the Road to Rio](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Q29G7Jl57ujCDHi2UOVbIS8ZiXclMG4M49xkkBzPyrg.jpg?itok=g5ZXCSlB)
Buenaventura thanks Agitos Foundation for Rio journey
The Mexican track and field athlete made his Paralympic debut this year, with the support of the International Paralympic Committee’s development arm.
First Para clay target World Cup to take place
Several years of research and development has resulted in the inclusion of the shotgun discipline for shooters with a physical impairment.
![Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160913010611135_GettyImages-603207672.jpg)
Rio 2016 gives Simmonds ‘renewed desire’
Great Britain’s multiple Paralympic and world champion reflected on her third Paralympics and has set new goals.
Asian Paralympic Committee General Assembly concludes
A clear mandate for change was called following the General Assembly; APC Awards winners were also announced.
![No. 18 Decades-old swimming records tumble](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/k2y_HHFvxICWntj5bZMWPGX7TRF7m7O-lHtBTKt-i-4.jpg?itok=0_D9lVgr)
No. 18 Decades-old swimming records tumble
The USA’s Bradley Snyder and Ukraine’s Anna Stetsenko both set historic world records at Rio 2016.
![Logo of Ecuador Paralympic Committee.](/sites/default/files/images/160817121004583_2013_Ecuador%2BRGB.jpg)
Bayron Lopez re-elected President of NPC Ecuador
He will serve for another four-year term, leading the organisation in the lead-up to the Lima 2019 Parapan Ams and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Call for athlete representative nominations
National Paralympic Committees can nominate one athlete for the alpine skiing, snowboard and Nordic skiing athlete representative elections, to be held in 2017.
![Claudia Loesch of Austria](/sites/default/files/images/150115130640187_Claudia%2BLoesch%2Bof%2BAustria_0.jpg)
World Cup season to get underway in Kuhtai, St. Moritz
World and Paralympic champions will ski slalom and giant slalom in Austria and Switzerland from 15 December.
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No.19: Sitting volleyball creates memorable moments
USA won their maiden title and Rwanda made a historical debut in the women’s event, whilst Iran’s men returned to Paralympic glory at Rio 2016.
![Swimmer in the water, doing breaststroke](/sites/default/files/images/150714170927259_2015%2BIPC%2BSwimming%2BWorld%2BChampionships_20150714_Luc%2BPercival_0281_HD.jpg)
Voting to choose Colombian best Para athlete open
National newspaper El Espectador launched a poll on its website to choose Colombia’s best Para athlete of the year.
![Pavlos Mamalos of Greece reacts with intense joy as he competes in the Men's -90 kg Powerlifting event.](/sites/default/files/images/121114160052039_151232635.jpg)
Interview with a champion: Greece’s Pavlos Mamalos
The new Paralympic gold medallist reflects on Rio 2016 whilst looking ahead to the 2017 Worlds.
![Manuel Pozzerle competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain.](/sites/default/files/images/150925084921911_pozzerle.jpg)
#50daysToGo: Pozzerle focused after new baby
The Italian snowboard-cross world champion celebrated the birth of his first daughter, but that meant he was not entirely ready for the start of the new Worlds season.
![Para alpine skiing, Para nordic skiing and Para snowboard - collage](/sites/default/files/images/161213112500513_FotorCreated.jpg)
Live results launched for snow sports
Results from all World Cups will be available at the respective sport websites.
Multiple winners sweep alpine skiing Europa Cups
The rivalry between Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber and Austria’s Claudia Loesch came alive in Pitztal, Austria.
Pino receives Allianz Athlete of the Month for November
The 19-year-old table tennis player won four gold medals over three tournaments.