PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

10 things to know about Para Snowboard
The sport first featured at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, in 2014

Amazing adventures of Norway legend Pedersen
From Antarctica to Everest, seven-time Paralympian has always liked a challenge

McKeever featured in Toyota's Super Bowl ad
The Canadian vision impaired skier is the most decorated male cross-country Paralympian in history

Macri hopes 2022 is vintage year for Para Ice Hockey
Italy defender on a mission to raise awareness of his sport at Beijing 2022 ahead of Milano-Cortina 2026

Athlete Yassine Gharbi suspended three years for anti-doping rule violation
Tunisian Para athletics athlete returned an adverse analytical finding in an Out-of-Competition test on December 2020

Ones to watch for Para Ice Hockey
Eight teams will go for glory at the Beijing National Stadium from 5-13 March

Big White World Cup ready for Crystal Globe decider
Canadian ski resort hosts the last Para snowboard World Cup of the season with two snowboard cross events on 11 and 12 February

Bourdonnaye appointed as Paris 2024 Table Tennis Sport Manager
Bourdonnaye is one of the most successful table tennis players ever with three Paralympic golds and three World titles

Al Ain gets ready for the World Championships
UAE to host around 300 athletes from more than 50 nations in the first edition to take place in the Middle East from 3 to 17 November

Lillehammer golden sweep fuels Vladislav Lekomtsev for Beijing
RPC Nordic skier only athlete across all sports to leave Para Snow Sports Worlds with a perfect record of winning every event in his class

10 things to know about Para Ice Hockey
Para ice hockey will make its eighth Paralympic appearance at Beijing 2022

Modin embraces big challenges ahead of Winter Paralympics
Swedish Nordic skier describes health and guide issues as a ‘few bumps in the road’

IDB and IPC launch initiative to further develop Para sports in the Americas
NPC Colombia to mentor Guatemala, Paraguay, and Trinidad and Tobago

Ones to watch for Para Cross-Country Skiing
Champions and hopefuls - here are the Para Cross-Country skiers to keep an eye on

P&G awards grants to five Paralympian-supported charities
Athletes’ charities to receive share of USD 400,000 thanks to joint initiative by IPC, P&G and IOC

Channel 4 announces 100% disabled presenting team
'The IPC has been working on the Paralympic Games with Channel 4 since 2012 and at every Games they have improved the broadcast landscape on Para sports'

10 things to know about Para Cross-Country Skiing
Get to know more about one of the two winter Para sports that have been part of the Paralympic programme since the first edition in 1976

The extraordinary story of record-breaker Ragnhild Myklebust
‘The competition was the most interesting thing, not the medals’

Gretsch braced for test of body and mind
‘Physically the transition is something I’m familiar with but mentally it is a little bit tougher’

Jessica Applegate reveals how she swam over obstacles
'Ignore what anyone has to say. If you believe that you can, you can do it'