PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Mac Marcoux looks ahead to the alpine skiing’s season
Canada’s Paralympic champion is already training with his new guide, Jack Leitch, and focusing on the next events.
Beau Greenway: My experience covering Rio 2016
The IPC’s wheelchair rugby beat writer was called up to help cover the Paralympic Games, and he reflects on his time in Rio.
Rio 2016 medallists shine at Thailand Open
Paralympic bronze medallists Rungroji Thainiyom and Josephine Medina carried on their table tennis successes in Pattaya.
National Boccia Championships held in South Korea
It was the largest boccia event to take place in the Asian country, with a total of 300 participants.
Seven athletes from Oceania at Rio 2016
Australia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, New Zealand, Samoa and Tonga were the continent’s six countries competing at last month’s Paralympic Games.
2017 DBS education course plan released
In total 20,500 copies will be distributed by the National Paralympic Committee of Germany and is aimed at those interested in learning about sports for people with impairment.
Wheelchair fencer Lambertini shines at junior World Championships
The 17-year-old Italian followed up his Paralympic debut with two world titles.
Paralympians behind initiative to get people into sports
New Zealand’s Rio 2016 champions Sophie Pascoe, Liam Malone, Cameron Leslie and Nikita Howarth are supporting a series of local events to get more people with impairment involved in sports.
Austrian Paralympians to train at military sports centres
The country’s Minister of Sports Hans Peter Doskozil welcomed five Austrian Paralympic athletes to their new training centres, where they will prepare for Tokyo 2020.
NPC Spain President receives ‘Infanta Sofia’ award
The Spanish Superior Council of Sports gave the award to Miguel Carballeda in recognition of his work promoting sports for people with impairment.