PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

PyeongChang 2018 completes the ‘Accessibility Manual’
By completing the manual the organising committee aim to accelerate its preparation for the Paralympic Winter Games

Loesch dreaming of downhill gold at Panorama 2015
Austrian sit-skier is the defending champion in super-combined, giant slalom and super-G but wants the speed title to complete her collection.
South Africa qualify for men’s and women’s World Group II
After beating Morocco, the nation will now play in the World Group II at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Turkey on the 25-31 May.

Panorama 2015 to get underway with downhill
A host of Paralympic and world champions from 23 countries are ready to go for the first gold medals at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Four historic para-swimming world records
With the World Championships fast approaching, will 2015 be the year that the oldest world records in history will be broken?

Paralympic champions fastest in Worlds downhill training
France’s Marie Bochet and Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber set the quickest times in the first downhill training run of Panorama 2015.

Adam Hall and Corey Peters ready to take on the world
The New Zealand duo are all set for the start of competition this Wednesday at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Panorama, Canada.

British team named for Panorama 2015
Four of the seven British athletes took part at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games and will now compete at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Toronto 2015 unveils one-of-a-kind medals
Around 400 sets of medals will be presented during August’s Parapan American Games in Canada.

CBC Sports to show Panorama 2015 live
Sports fans in Canada can watch all of the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships live at cbcsports.ca.