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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two snowboarders race on a slope
Alpine Skiing

The Netherlands’ Bibian Mentel-Spee, France’s Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon, the USA's Mike Shea and Great Britain's Ben Moore won their second snowboard-cross head-to-head races.

Spanish wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

Spanish wheelchair basketball team feature in a spectacular video that aims to encourage women with an impairment to practice sport.

Wheelchair racers on the track of a stadium
Athletics

With World Championships in Doha, Qatar, and London, Great Britain, US Paralympics has named a roster featuring 42 athletes.

Podium at the VISTA 2013 Conference in Bonn, Germany
VISTA

Special discount rate of 300 EUR offered for those signing up before 15 June.

Man with swim cap prepares for the start
Swimming

Dias smashed a two and half year old world record in December to poll 40 per cent of the public vote.

General view on a dancefloor where couples are dancing.
Para dance sport

New Championships sees four couples compete in the capital Madrid.

A picture of a Nordic skiing finish line.
Cross-Country Skiing

The biggest gathering of Nordic skiers since Sochi 2014 is striving to be as eco-friendly as possible.

A picture of a woman celebrating her victory
Alpine Skiing

German maintains her 100 per cent record, Russia’s Redkozubov wins again, but home favourite Loesch fails to finish.

Andrea Rothfuss
Alpine Skiing

Rothfuss, Nolte, Redkozubov and Bugaev all finish on top of the podium at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.

Allianz Fact of the week Alpine Skiing speed

Top speeds can reach up to 105 km/h!

Ukrainian Ihor Reptyukh skis at Sochi 2014 followed closely by a competitor
Cross-Country Skiing

Ukrainian Nordic skier will be competing across biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Worlds and offers his advice on how to stay competitive.

Jade Jones of Great Britain looks on after her race during the Visa London Disability Athletics Challenge LOCOG Test Event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

Sports Fest will take place at Durham University, Great Britain on Thursday 5 March.

USA wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair Tennis

The money will be invested in 20 grassroots wheelchair tennis programmes across the USA.

Slovakia's Miroslav Haraus competes in super-combined at Sochi 2014.
Alpine Skiing

There was also an upset in the men’s standing races, as Russia’s Alexander Alyabyev took victory after Paralympic champion Alexey Bugaev failed to finish.

Vanessa Low long jump 2014 Athletics Grand Prix Berlin
Athletics

The European champion and World Championships bronze medallist talks about her move to the USA and what challenges she has faced in the past year.

Ice sledge hockey Canada
Para Ice Hockey

Ken Babey, Ron Choules and Herve Lord make up the coaching team that will take Canada to the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.

Michelle Salt, Canada flys by a gate in the first ever Women's Para Snowboarding Cross in the Winter Paralympic Games
Snowboard

John Leslie and Michelle Salt will line-up alongside new team members Alex Massie and Daniel Shoemaker.

Group shot of six people in front of a wooden wall, smiling to the camera
Cross-Country Skiing

Japanese skiers are the first to arrive in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, for the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships which open on 23 January.

Two men running outside
Athletics

Colombian athlete was laid low for much of 2014 but is now fully recovered and keen to impress

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and hands above the surface
Swimming

Fourteen athletes, including reigning world champions Jessica Long and Ian Silverman, make-up the A team for 2015.