PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Who should be Americas 'Athlete of the Month'?
Vote now to decide who was the best athlete in the Americas in August

Russian athletes to compete as neutrals in qualification events for PyeongChang 2018
Russian Paralympic Committee remains suspended by IPC pending taskforce update in November

IPC President on Russian Paralympic Committee
Transcript of Sir Philip Craven's speech on continued suspension of RPC

Oscar Raxon dreams big ahead of Managua 2018
Guatemala’s only Rio 2016 athlete targets Para Central American Games success

Esther Vergeer named PyeongChang 2018 Chef de Mission
Paralympic legend will lead Dutch team at Winter Games
Beijing bonanza for China at Asian Championships
Home favourites dominate Para table tennis medals

Who should be August’s Allianz Athlete of the Month?
Two newly-crowned canoe world champions head the nominations

Iranian Paralympians honoured
More than 100 Games medallists from past 29 years recognised at televised ceremony

Paralympic Orders to be presented
DePace, Nielsen and Masson to receive Movement’s highest honour

PyeongChang 2018: Paralympics curriculum launched
South Korean schools introduce Winter Games education programme