Both sets of awards mark achievements at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Updates to the Technical Rules and Regulations and Classification Rules and Regulations come into force with immediate effect.

The six-time Paralympian and seven time Paralympic champion has decided to bow out after more than two decades.

The announcement was made during the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships taking place in Big White, Canada.

The World Championships concluded with banked slalom, as Maxime Montaggioni won the men’s SB-UL category with his final run.

The Austrian said silver in snowboard-cross might actually be an advantage heading into banked slalom competition.

With the athletics season starting to get underway, here are 10 world marks that could be toppled in the coming months.

The Ukrainian visually impaired skier plans to make 2017 her year having missed out on the top step on the podium at the last three editions.

Jose Luis Campo will seek re-election as Americas Paralympic Committee President; Vice-president and three members will also be chosen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 18 March.

Victory in Hungary would make crowd favourite Zsuzsanna Krajnyak world No.1 in the women’s foil category A ahead of China’s Rio 2016 champion Jing Rong.