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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Kari Rasanen Chair IBSA Goalball
Goalball

The Fin succeeds Sweden's Kari Marklund who retired on 1 January 2015.

Cable, USA, will host the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships
Cross-Country Skiing

Seven days of cross-country skiing and biathlon competitions will be streamed live at Cable2015.com from 24 January.

La Molina snowboard World Cup Finals
Alpine Skiing

Preparations have moved up a gear for the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships from 23-28 February.

Two women cycle on a tandem
Cycling

Event was held in New Plymouth between 16-18 January and was attended by 14 athletes

Korea’s Asian Para-Games champion Choi Jung-Man in action
Badminton

After competing for 12 years, South Korea’s Choi Jung Man finally won his first international para-badminton tournament in October 2014.

Tatyana McFadden
Cross-Country Skiing

USA’s McFadden will line-up at 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

Brazilian athlete Terezinha Guilhermina with her guide
Athletics

Between them the 45 athletes from 19 different countries have won 69 Paralympic gold medals, 124 world titles and currently hold 64 world records.

A picture of a man in wheelchair celebrating his victory with a gold medal around his neck
Athletics

Team of six athletes features six-time Paralympic champion David Weir

Loyd-Remi Pallander Solberg challenges Russian Vasilii Varlakov
Para Ice Hockey

The team are confident that a combination of changes to their ice sledge hockey team’s coaching staff and fresh talent could secure them success at Buffalo 2015.

Podium at the VISTA 2013 Conference in Bonn, Germany
VISTA

Prestigious award will be presented at October’s VISTA conference in Girona, Spain.

Young man holding cross-country skies smiling to the camera
Cross-Country Skiing

Norwegian biathlon world champion Nils-Erik Ulset gives fans a glimpse into how he prepares for major competitions, such as the 2015 Worlds.

Aaron Scheidies crosses the finish line with his guide at a race in Edmonton.
Triathlon

US para-tiathlete considering other sports in an effort to compete at Rio 2016.

Carl Murphy
Alpine Skiing

The last races ahead of La Molina 2015 also feature wins for France, the Netherlands, and Austria.

Oksana Masters Sochi 2014
Cross-Country Skiing

US Nordic skier Oksana Masters is looking forward to competing in front of home crowds at the Worlds in Cable, Wisconsin, from Friday (23 January).

Man in wheelchair, holding tennis racket in triumphing pose
Wheelchair Tennis

In winning his fourth Sydney International Open, Kunieda extended his unbeaten run to 53 matches.

Brent Rasmussen
Sitting Volleyball

Brent Rasmussen has been elected to the USA Volleyball Board of Directors as the first-ever sitting volleyball representative to

US para-swimmer Ian Silverman (second from the left) with his best friends at high school prom
Swimming

The US Paralympic champion swimmer reveals his love of studying away from home and the challenges he has set himself for the year ahead.

Two people in a shooting range, sitting in wheelchairs and targetting
Shooting

South Korea’s Jinho Park reveals his lack of confidence ahead of winning ten medals at the Worlds and Asian Para Games.

Women in sit ski lies in the shooting range and targets
Cross-Country Skiing

A team of eight German athletes will travel to Cable, USA, on Tuesday (20 January) to compete in the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships from 23 January to 1 February.

Group shot of around 20 people
Ghana

The development arm of the IPC won the category of Best Disability Sports Contributor at the Ghana Sports Excellence Awards.