PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Croatian Para-sport award winners announced
Table tennis star Sandra Paovic and athlete Zoran Talic picked up the two biggest awards of the night in Zagreb.

Brazilian athletes continue 20th anniversary celebrations
The event celebrated Ernst & Young’s support of the Rio 2016 Paralympics

World champion Josh George hungry for success at Rio 2016
US wheelchair racer has put basketball career on backburner to focus on adding to his five Paralympic Games athletics medals in Brazil.

Paralympics Ireland welcomes increased funding
Irish Sports Council increases funding to EUR 1,178,000 as Rio 2016 fast approaches.

Gustavo Fernandez wins Rotterdam title
The Argentine won his first title of the year with victory over Belgium’s Joachim Gerard.

La Molina 2015 to be streamed live
All snowboard-cross and banked slalom competitions from 23-28 February will be streamed live at ParalympicSport.TV.

Austrian and French skiers excel at Europa Cup Finals
Lanzinger, Loesch, Bochet and Francois all secure wins on the first day of competition in Sella Neva, Italy.

Santacana and Galindo receive support from Opel
Paralympic champions are part of a new sponsorship programme launched by Marca.

Superhero Sunday: Jason Smyth
The world’s fastest Paralympian gives an insight into his heroes as part of a new IPC Athletics series for the 2015 season

Moore’s chance meeting started para-snowboard career
British snowboarder Ben Moore was hitch-hiking in Lake Louise when he was picked up by a member of the Canada para-snowboard team.