PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
USOC announces 2014-15 award winners
Tatyana McFadden, Joe Berenyi and the US ice sledge hockey team among the award recipients.
Para-swimming champions unite in Manchester
Great Britain’s best swimmers will be at the Aquatics Centre as part of their road to Rio 2016.
Alpine skiing Europa Cups arrive in Austria
Paralympic and world champions Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber and Alexey Bugaev amongst those who will make their season debut in Kuhtai and Pitztal from Monday (14 December).
Jacobs, Peric-Rankovic receive ITTF awards
David Jacobs took home the male para-table tennis prize, and Borislava Peric-Rankovic earned the female honour.
Brazilian NPC launches Paralympic Heart campaign
A multi-channel campaign will help to promote Brazil’s vast array of Paralympians ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Canada, Italy top standings at sledge hockey international
A packed Palatazzoli ice sledge hockey arena cheered the Italians on to a win against South Korea as Canada also defeated Norway.
IPC Snow Sports launches medal and trophy design competition
The next generation of para-snow sport fans are being asked to design medals and trophies for cross-country skiing, biathlon, alpine skiing and snowboard World Cups.
No. 22: Sledge hockey’s success rings true at Buffalo 2015
Mass media attention made this year’s IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships the most-talked about in history.
Matt Stutzman sets new Guinness World Record
The US ‘armless archer’ broke his own record for the farthest accurate shot.
Costa, Cardoso win Brazil’s 2015 Paralympic Awards
Canoeist Cardoso and long-jumper Costa were voted by the public as Brazil’s athletes of the year.