PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Three questions for Marie Bochet
The 11-time world champion and quadruple Paralympic champion reveals all about her season so far.

Priority ticket window for grassroots clubs to London 2017
British athletics family have until 31 March 2016 to register for priority purchase for the IPC Athletics World Championships.
De La Forest triumphant at shooting World Cup
Great Britain claim team gold in R4 (mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2) in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

‘Project RIO’ to support Austrian para-athletes
Austrian Ministry of Sports has given EUR 20 million to support athletes vying for Rio 2016 Games.

Chuck Aoki: Wheelchair is part of my identity
The wheelchair rugby player shares why he is conflicted when being told that people ‘forget he uses a wheelchair.’

Tokyo 2020 “Best prepared Organising Committee” with four years to go
IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez believes Tokyo 2020 are on course to deliver the best ever Paralympic Games.

Para-archer Nemati to be Iran’s flag bearer at Rio Olympics
The London 2012 Paralympic gold medallist qualified for both Rio 2016 Olympics and Paralympics in 2015.
French skiers reveal perspectives on speed races
Downhill training begins at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France, on Monday (25 January).

Russia, Lithuania win goalball gold at Pajulahti Games
The Russian women’s team defeated world champion the USA in what might be a taster of the finals at Rio 2016.

IPC and BOCOG host 2022 Paralympic Winter Games Orientation Seminar
The International Paralympic Committee and Beijing Organising Committee of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games (BOCOG) co-hosted a Paralympic Winter Games Orientation Seminar in Beijing, China, on Monday (25 January).