PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
British para-table tennis stars kick off to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Reigning world champion Will Bayley will start the season at the National Championships in Bristol before heading to Italy for the Lignano Master Open.
South Korea confident of regaining A-Pool status
South Korea’s ice sledge hockey team is keen to win the 2015 World Championships B-Pool, in the hope of bouncing back to the A-Pool in 2017 in time for their home Winter Paralympics.
Tokyo 2020 celebrates 2,000 days until the Paralympics
School children in the Japanese capital marked the landmark by trying out football 5-a-side with international players.
Brody Roybal honoured at Comcast SportsNet Award
The USA sledge hockey forward received praise for his Sochi 2014 efforts ahead of next month’s World Championships in Buffalo.
Super-G set to dazzle at Panorama 2015
The second day of competition at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships will see the speed races continue with world and Paralympic champions in action.
Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Brisbane, Australia
Evan O’Hanlon, Scott Reardon and Richard Colman will headline the first ever Grand Prix to take place Down Under.
Russia take two super-G golds
Alexey Bugaev and Ivan Frantsev take world titles, as France’s Marie Bochet and Anna Schaffelhuber also seal wins at para-alpine Worlds.
CPC mourns the passing of past president Henry Wohler
Wohler was interim President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee from January to November 2006 and Chef de Mission for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Paralympics
IBSA World Games promotional video launched
May’s event is expected to attract around 3,000 athletes from 80 countries who will compete in 10 sports.
Rwandan para-sport develops at pace
Thanks to support received from the Agitos Foundation, Rwanda expect to send an increased number of athletes to Rio 2016.