PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Canada Snowboard and CADS to develop Para snowboard
The announcement was made during the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships taking place in Big White, Canada.
Big White 2017: Montaggioni surprises in final day of competition
The World Championships concluded with banked slalom, as Maxime Montaggioni won the men’s SB-UL category with his final run.

Second World title, but first as a mother for Huckaby
Unfavorable conditions and taking a season off did not slow down Brenna Huckaby at Big White 2017. She willl now go for gold in banked slalom.

Bibian Mentel-Spee re-elected as Athlete Representative for snowboard
The Dutch athlete will serve another two-year term on World Para Snowboard’s Sport Technical Committee.

Klebl to miss Worlds, looks ahead to Test Event
The Canadian has high hopes for his season, despite being hospitalised for the first races.

Schedule confirmed for Para ice hockey international
Canada, Norway, South Korea and hosts Italy will compete in Torino ahead of the 2017 World Championships.

Football 5 referees trained in Italy and Colombia
IBSA also released an unofficial Spanish translation of the new rules.

Arturs Klots wins Para bobsleigh World Championships
The Latvian was the fastest in all four runs in monobob to claim gold at the second edition of the event in St Moritz, Switzerland, on 5 February.

Slovenian NPC active in making Para sport equal
The National Paralympic Committee and athletes met with government officials to discuss a new law which will help Para sport be recognised as equal.

Ten rising Para athletics stars for 2017
With July’s World Championships on the horizon, find out who the youngsters to look out for are this season.