PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
French snowboarder drops journalism career for Sochi silver
Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon is already looking ahead to PyeongChang 2018 and snowboard’s new race format.
Third IPC Athletics Grand Prix of 2014 starts Thursday
The third stage of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix series gets underway on Thursday (April 24) with the II Caixa Loterias Athletics Open Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil.
The future is bright for IPC Alpine Skiing
The sport of para-alpine skiing has an extremely bright future thanks to the number of youngsters competing at major international competitions and winning medals
Jason Hellwig to be Australian Chef de Mission for Rio 2016
The Australians have said they are aiming for a top-five finish at the next Paralympic Games.
Berlin to play host to 600 leading swimmers this week
Around 600 swimmers from 30 countries are set to compete in the 28th Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft
Colorado Springs to host 2014 IBSA Judo Worlds
The world’s top visually impaired judokas will compete at the state-of-the art US Olympic Training Centre.
US Paralympic Track and Field Nationals awarded to California
Top names expected to compete at the event include Richard Browne, Jarryd Wallace, Raymond Martin and Tatyana McFadden.
Great Britain name 31 swimmers for European Championships
In Eindhoven, stars such as Ellie Simmonds and Ollie Hynd will be joined by up-and-coming Steph Slater and Amy Marren.
Dutch announce team for IPC Swimming Euros
The host nation will send 16 athletes to August’s IPC Swimming European Championships.
Andy Avellana jumps from athletics to para-triathlon
The Filipino is looking to win the PT2 class at the upcoming Para-Triathlon Asian Championships.