PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Loesch and Knight unbeaten at alpine skiing World Cup
Both skiers won the women’s sitting and visually impaired super combined respectively in Innerkrems, Austria, on Sunday (15 January).
Ukraine’s Shyshkova back in top form at home
The Ukrainian secured her fourth cross-country World Cup win of the season on Sunday (15 January), after losing out in the middle distance classic.
Faces of the Future: Argentina's Rocio Ledesma
The 18-year-old judoka is hoping to successfully defend her title from Buenos Aires 2013 at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.
Ones to watch for 2017 for sitting volleyball and goalball announced
Eight sitting volleyball and six goalball players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Veronika Vadovicova: My best moments of Rio 2016
As one of the most success shooters of the Paralympics, the two time gold medallist’s favorite Rio memories are hardly surprise.
Para alpine skiing Worlds to be streamed live
All speed and technical events at the last major Championships ahead of the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will be shown fully live at Paralympic.org.
Ones to watch for 2017 for judo and table tennis announced
Six judoka and eight table tennis players have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.
Para Nordic skiing Worlds mascot gets a name
The name was selected after a competition on social media.
Thomas Schmidberger receives Allianz Athlete of the Month for December
The German table tennis player won the gold medal in the men’s class 3 singles and also in class 4-5 team events at the US Open.
Blind football world rankings updated
Paralympic and world champions Brazil hold first, followed by South American rivals Argentina, China, Spain, Turkey and Iran.