PARA ALPINE SKIING NEWS

Skier Joines resets, looks to future goals
Canada’s Kimberley Joines looks long-term and will join Alpine Canada’s National Ski Day in January to help promote the sport.

South Korea trains national technical officials
Officials also visited the Jeongseon and Youngpyong Alpine Centres for the second official visit to venues for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Dead-heat concludes alpine Europa Cup
Dutch skier Jeroen Kampschreur and German Georg Kreiter share the top of the podium on the last day of competition in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Forster tops slalom podium in Landgraaf
The German beats Austrian world champion Claudia Loesch to the top spot at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.

Northern hemisphere alpine ski season to get underway
World and Paralympic champions are eager to get kick-off the Europa Cup on Thursday (19 November).

Salcher vows to come back from Worlds performance
The Austrian Paralympic champion lost his world titles in 2015 but will use the coming World Cup season to made amends.

Alpine skiers to watch in 2015-16 named
Twenty one Paralympic champions and World Championship medallists have been listed as Ones to Watch for the upcoming season.

French reveal 2015-16 snow sport teams
Twelve skiers, snowboarders and Nordic skiers will compete during 2015-16, including at competitions on their home slopes.
Krako in recovery after knee surgery
Slovakian Paralympic champion out for 2015-16 after carrying an injury sustained just before the 2015 World Championships.

Leirfallom looks forward to ‘exhilarating’ season
As the IPC Alpine Skiing Race Director for 2015-16, Leirfallom aims to focus on moving the World Cup series forward.

What to watch: November 2015
Numerous regional Championships get underway in the final push for Rio 2016 qualification spots, as well as the start of the snow sport season.
IPC Alpine Skiing invites athletes to participate in classification research
This study is aimed to improve the current visual impairment classification system.

Loesch, Schaffelhuber rivalry cools off, for now
Austria’s Loesch is using this alpine skiing season to adjust with new equipment, while Germany’s Schaffelhuber is focusing on school.

Wams, Swiss Paralympic sign partnership agreement
The Swiss company will provide racing suits to the Swiss Paralympic ski team.
Alpine skier Peters named Athlete of the Year
Snow Sports New Zealand have awarded the annual award to the double world champion sit-skier for the second year in a row.

Cuche on road to recovery but out for the season
The nephew of Swiss skiing legend Didier is focused on getting back on the slopes as quickly as possible.

Para-alpine skiing development continues in Argentina
Results from slalom races in San Martin de los Andres are recognised by IPC Alpine Skiing for the first time.

Umstead ‘has potential for one more Paralympics’
Despite advancing multiple sclerosis, US ski racer Danelle Umstead is determined to reach the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Morii not hanging up his skis just yet
Due to enter his 13th season in 2015-16, Morii has unfinished business and is looking ahead to 2018.
Hosts wanted for snow sport Worlds
IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard and IPC Cross-Country Skiing and Biathlon are looking for bidders for the 2019 and 2021 World Championships.