PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Third Snow sport youth circuit begins this weekend
Aspiring elite-level skiers and snowboarders continue to learn the skills they need to compete at the highest level.

WADA approves 2015 World Anti-Doping Code
More than 1,000 representatives from sport, media and the anti-doping community are in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Conference on Doping in Sport.

Six bids submitted for 2022 Winter Games
The 2022 Winter Games will officially be awarded in 2015 following several phases of consultation.

No. 47: Jon Santacana claims triple gold on home slopes
The visually impaired skier picked up three gold medals at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in La Molina, Spain.

Ottobock celebrates 25 years as Paralympic Games partner
Ottobock are displaying some of the best historical Paralympic images in a photo exhibition in Berlin through January.

Australia end table tennis event in dominating fashion
The Australian delegation took all of the team gold medals available on the final day of the 2013 ITTF Oceania Para-Table Tennis Championships.

SVT to give Sweden unprecedented coverage at Sochi 2014
Swedish Paralympic sport fans will be able to watch live primetime coverage of the Sochi 2014 Games.

Andrea Chiarotti named Italy’s Sochi 2014 flag bearer
The Italian ice sledge hockey team’s captain has been a pioneer for his sport back home.

No. 48: Alex Zanardi-Ernst Van Dyk rivalry brews up
Italy’s Alex Zanardi and South Africa’s Ernst Van Dyk got a kick-start this year at the UCI’s World Cup and World Championship events.

Nominations for Paralympic Hall of Fame now open
IPC members and the public can now nominate male and female winter athletes and coaches for the Paralympic Hall of Fame.