PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Latimer added to Canadian team for Sochi 2014
Rising star Erin Latimer has been nominated to the Canadian team that will compete at March’s Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Alpine Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee have announced.

USA's Farmer-Roybal-Pauls line awfully impressive
Two of the USA’s ice sledge hockey forwards for Sochi 2014 are just 15 and 16 years of age.
IPC deeply saddened by the passing of para-snowboarder Matthew Robinson
Australian sadly passed away on Thursday evening aged 28.

Jon Santacana Maiztegui headlines Spain’s Sochi 2014 team
Spain will send four alpine skiers, two guides and three snowboarders to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Spain: Nine facts on the Sochi 2014 Paralympics
The alpine skiing powerhouse will hope that Jon Santacana Maiztegui has recovered enough from an injury earlier in the season to make his mark in Sochi.

Groups set for women’s wheelchair basketball Worlds
The 12 teams participating in June’s event in Toronto have been divided into two pools.

Sochi 2014: 14 athletes to follow on Instagram
A guide to the top Paralympic accounts to follow on Instagram at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Parties meet to discuss para-clay target shooting
Representatives of the IPC, ISSF and Italian Shotgun Shooting Federation met to discuss the potential for para-clay target shooting to become an IPC Shooting recognised discipline.

Canada preparing for Paralympic Schools Week
Between the end of the Olympics and start of the Paralympics, top Canadian athletes will visit and speak to schools across Canada.
Switzerland: Eight facts for Sochi 2014 Paralympics
The Swiss delegation typically fields their strongest Paralympic Winter Games teams in alpine skiing.