PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Caironi wants Beijing Grand Prix to be a learning experience
Italian champion is studying Mandarin and will be using the visit to test her language skills and lay down a marker ahead of August’s Euros.
Vote now for Best Female Athlete from Sochi 2014
Nominees for the honour include: Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber, Elena Remizova, Alena Kaufman and Bibian Mentel-Spee.
Walt Thompson elected ACSM Vice President
The IPC Sports Science Committee member has assumed a leadership role at the world’s largest sports medicine and exercise organisation.
USA’s Declan Farmer voted Sochi 2014’s Best Male Athlete
At just 16 years old, he helped the USA win their second straight ice sledge hockey Paralympic title.
Eight wheelchair rugby teams listed for Canada Cup
Find out more about the final major tune-up tournament before the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships.
Urece implementing change in Brazil
The Brazilian NGO is using sport as a tool for social change and is becoming a social business.
Para-Cycling Track Worlds to feature 122 athletes
Australia, Great Britain and the USA enter the competition with the world’s top riders.
NPC Haiti’s national day making headlines
The Agitos Foundation is helping to support para-sport in Haiti on 17 October of each year.
“Performances now on a par with able-bodied skiers,” says Mestre
After eight years as the helm of IPC Alpine Skiing, Sylvana Mestre believes Sochi 2014 provided a significant breakthrough.
John Stubbs: A moment of reflection
The British para-archer recently opened up to Paralympic.org about how he won a world title on the anniversary of a car accident that changed his life.