PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sport Week: Classification in para-canoe
At Rio 2016, men and women will compete in three classes.
Wafula Strike helps grow Movement’s female influence
Paralympian and campaigner has been working with Tinatin Revazashivili as part of a project aimed at getting more women into leadership positions in the Paralympic Movement.
#IWD2016: Supporting women to make an impact
Majida Sabir Albalushi from the Oman Paralympic Committee and Petra Huber from the Austrian Paralympic Committee talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.

Dubai 2016: Day two preview
Action in the field events dominates competition on the second day of the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships.

Carla Qualtrough honoured with International Women’s Day Recognition
The Canadian Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities was nominated alongside Anne Wafula-Strike, Irene Chang, Dr. Hayat Khattab and Moekie Grobbelaar.
Algerian goalball teams win African Championships
Both the men and women’s teams qualified for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Russia dominate first CP International Tournament
The defending champions started the Paralympic year strong by sweeping all three of their matches.
Les Angles set for snowboard World Cup, Europa Cup Finals
Current points leaders from around the world are in France aiming to strengthen their positions in the standings.

Alpine skiing Asia Cup attracts World Cup winners
Star-studded giant slalom and slalom field includes Japan’s Taiki Morii and Momoka Muraoka, and Russia’s Aleksei Bugaev and Valerii Redkozubov.

Records fall on opening day of IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships
Two Asian records were broken in Dubai, UAE, on the first day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships