PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Brazil, Argentina and Peru qualify for Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games
The women’s wheelchair basketball teams have secured their spots in the South American Championships in Cali, Colombia.
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Germany selects men’s team for Wheelchair Basketball European Championships
National coach Nicolai Zeltinger has named 13 players to the provisional squad including three newcomers.
![Bibian Mentel receives her Sochi gold](/sites/default/files/images/140315144823631_Bibian%2BMental%2BSochi.jpg)
Sochi 2014 athletes’ view: Bibian Mentel-Spee
The winner of the very first women’s Paralympic gold in para-snowboard talks about pushing the sport on after the success of the Paralympic Winter Games.
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Swimming star Huot has stolen medals replaced
Five Paralympic and Commonwealth Games medals were presented to the Canadian swimmer by the Canadian Paralympic Committee and Commonwealth Games Canada.
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Cowdrey appointed as Team General Manager 2015 Australian Commonwealth Youth Games
Cowdrey will lead the Australian team for the fifth edition of the Youth Games which will see a team of 82 athletes in Apia, Samoa.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina target third sitting volleyball gold
Made up of players injured in war, the two-time Paralympic champions have become national heroes in their homeland
![Boccia balls are seen as Great Britain take on Greece in Boccia during the National Paralympic Day at the Olympic Park on September 7, 2013 in London, Engla](/sites/default/files/images/150310094848142_179808792.jpg)
Hanif Mawji sets sights on Toronto 2015
The World No. 8 boccia player is hoping to perform well at August’s Parapan American Games.
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A volunteer’s experience of Sochi 2014
Ksenia Onishchenko was one of 8,000 volunteers who helped make the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games the best ever, but she is the only one who contributed to the Closing Ceremony speech!
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Website launched for World Archery Para Championships 2015
Donaueschingen 2015 will take place between 23-30 August attracting 300 of the world best para-archers from 60 countries.
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Ostersund 2015 medals unveiled
The gold, silver and bronze medals for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool will be contested between 15-21 March.
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El Salvador to stage major para-athletics event pre-Toronto 2015
June’s event for countries in Central America and the Caribbean will be a qualifier for August’s Parapan American Games.
![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)
The Netherlands' Chris Vos named February’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
At La Molina 2015 17-year-old Vos won two world titles, in the snowboard cross head-to-head and banked slalom.
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Slalom to cap-off alpine skiing World Championships
The final races of the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships will see Frenchwoman Marie Bochet and Russia’s Alexey Bugaev going for a clean sweep of medals on Tuesday (10 March).
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Russia claim hat-trick of giant slalom world titles in Panorama
World title wins for Frantceva, Bochet and Schaffelhuber on International Women’s Day in Panorama, Canada.
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Bochet wins ninth successive world title
Bochet, Bugaev and Perrine maintain 100 per cent record at Panorama 2015
![Zahra Nemati](/sites/default/files/images/130529114315131_151217424.jpg)
Suzie Dyrbus: My experience of WoMentoring
Mentored by Helen Rowbotham as part of a programme aimed at increasing female leaders in para-sport, Suzie Dyrbus is finding her involvement is helping her to grab opportunities.
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#Superhero Sunday: Stef Reid
Great Britain’s world record holder in long jump reveals why a nun is one of her three heroes.
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Tara Chisholm: Support from female mentors is priceless
Tara Chisholm is mentored by Barbara Daniels as part of the WoMentoring programme and believes it has helped put her challenges as a woman in sport into perspective.
![Sir Philip Craven the President of the International Paralympic Committee speaks to the International Paralympic Committee Governing Board prior to the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150306111306036_Sir%2BPhilip%2BCraven.jpg)
Sochi 2014: My top five moments by Sir Philip Craven
IPC President reveals his five best memories from the best Paralympic Winter Games ever.
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Barbara Daniels: WoMentoring is a powerful privilege
Barbara Daniels mentors Canadian ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm through the Agitos Foundation’s WoMentoring programme.