PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team named
The 12 athletes now aim to represent Canada’s at August’s Parapan American Games where a top three finish will qualify them for Rio 2016.
Team USA named for 2015 World Wheelchair Curling Championship
World Wheelchair Curling Championships will take place in Finland between 7-14 February 2015.
American team named for Nordic Worlds
The host country of Cable 2015 have named nine athletes, including Sochi 2014 medallists Tatyana McFadden and Oksana Masters.
Croatia get Ottobock sledge loaner programme underway
With the help of 12 sledges, the Croatian Paralympic Committee and Ottobock Adria launched a recruitment drive to find ice sledge hockey players.
New Zealand team Chef de Mission encouraged by progress in Rio
Ben Lucas impressed by the scale of work around the city as South America prepares to stage its first Paralympic Games.
Redkozubov and Bugaev make it four wins from four races in La Molina
On the final day of the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in La Molina, Spain, two Russian skiers completed the perfect week in slalom races.
Entries for Australian Open announced
The players who will compete in the first wheelchair tennis Grand Slam of the year have been named with Japan’s Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji the headliners.
Third time lucky for Croatia’s Sokolovic in La Molina
Russian skiers also complete triple wins at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup, alongside podiums for France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Switzerland, USA and Canada.
Mike Schultz: The next big thing in para-snowboard?
Following the path of some of the most successful para-snowboarders of all time, who also happen to be his teammates, the USA’s Mike Schultz started his first competitive season with a bang.
New Canadian sport and funding partnership formed
COC, CPC and the CSIN unveil a new CAD 3 million high performance sport and funding partnership, and rebrand as the "Canadian Olympic and Paralympic Sport Institute Network"