PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

#500DaysToGo: Snowboarder Park's family key to motivation
The South Korean is spurred on by the support of his wife and family as he looks to make a splash at his home Paralympics.

#500DaysToGo: Skier Jae Rim Yang healthy, ready
The South Korean visually impaired alpine skier just wants an injury-free, mistake-free season.

#500DaysToGo: Chinese wheelchair curling look to improve
After fifth place at the 2016 Worlds, China hope to gather enough qualification points toward PyeongChang 2018 at the 2017 Worlds in March.

Faces for PyeongChang: Canada’s Young on the up
With 500 days until the next Winter Paralympics, Canada’s Emily Young looks ahead to the new Nordic skiing season.

USA Para Triathlon announces development roster
Eight athletes will be supported as they work toward Tokyo 2020.

Mike Stuart: Experiencing the power of the Paralympics
An IPC volunteer writer for three years, Stuart was invited to cover judo and wheelchair fencing at Rio 2016.

Warn, Puderbaugh reflect on Paralympic debuts
The youngest members on the Australian and US wheelchair rugby teams had a Games to remember at Rio 2016.

Dias delighted with Brazilian crowd, vows to continue
The swimming multi-Paralympic champion admits having the local crowd behind him at Rio 2016 “motivated me to give even more of myself.”
Disappointed Yang Yang looks at big picture
The four-time Paralympic champion and former world-record holding swimmer is keeping Rio 2016 in perspective.
Exhibition to be held in memory of Golbarnezhad
Para athletes and NPCs are invited to send a video message expressing their feelings about the Iranian cyclist, who died following a crash in the Rio 2016 road race.