PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Canadian riders set for Big White World Cup
John Leslie and Michelle Salt will line-up alongside new team members Alex Massie and Daniel Shoemaker.
One week to go: Teams begin to arrive for Cable 2015
Japanese skiers are the first to arrive in Cable, Wisconsin, USA, for the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships which open on 23 January.
Australia name team for UCI Track World Championships
Team for March’s event in the Netherlands features three reigning world champions.
US Paralympics swimming national team named
Fourteen athletes, including reigning world champions Jessica Long and Ian Silverman, make-up the A team for 2015.
Serna targets Toronto 2015 and Rio 2016 success after illness
Colombian athlete was laid low for much of 2014 but is now fully recovered and keen to impress
Toronto 2015 Parapan Games on track
Opening of the Cisco Milton Pan Am/Parapan Am Velodrome marks six months until the Games begin.
Wheelchair basketball exhibition game at Gambian Youth Festival hailed a success
The President of the Gambian NPC hopes that the success of the festival will encourage regions to further develop para-sport.
Success of Ottobock Equipment Loaner Programme hailed
Programmes in Italy, Norway and Croatia have resulted in the establishment of two new ice sledge hockey teams, regional development and increased public awareness.
APC and PASO sign collaboration agreement
Agreement means that bidding cities for the Pan American Games are also obliged to bid for the Parapan American Games as a “host city for both Games”.
Loesch and Lanzinger to headline Europa Cup
Austria’s Claudia Loesch and Matthias Lanzinger will race in super-combined, slalom and giant slalom races on home snow in Matrei.