PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Irish athletes in warm weather training ahead of London 2017
The world’s fastest Paralympian is training in Tenerife ahead of his 100m world title defence.
Petrucio Ferreira hopes to lower 200m world record
The Brazilian starts his season at the Sao Paulo Grand Prix, a place that holds special memories.

PyeongChang 2018 excite, inform & engage through Education Programme
Interactive Winter Games Curriculum aims to directly engage one million students

The Paralympic Movement mourns the loss of Eric Diaz
Eric Diaz, first Paralympic Committee of Panama President and former Member at Large of the Americas Paralympic Committee, passed away on Saturday (8 April).

Josh George prepares for biggest test in Boston
The T53 racer hopes to build on a fifth place finish last time out in Tokyo.

IBSA General Assembly set for Romania
The event will take place in Cluj Napoca this October.

New Finnish Paralympic Committee President elected
Paralympian Mina Mojtahedi will serve a four-year term, leading Finland to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

‘The Missing Piece’ project wins CPRA award
The sponsorship project implemented by NPC Croatia and Allianz Zagreb won its eighth award.

Fiji to host Para Table Tennis Oceania Championships
Fifty five players from 10 countries will compete in Suva, Fiji, from 13-16 April.

Gangneung 2017: Sandro Kalegaris scores big for Italy in opening game
Italy, Canada and hosts South Korea win on first day at the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool.