PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Brazil’s Daniel Dias named December’s Athlete of the Month
Dias smashed a two and half year old world record in December to poll 40 per cent of the public vote.
Wheelchair dance develops in Spain
New Championships sees four couples compete in the capital Madrid.
Cable 2015 receives green certification
The biggest gathering of Nordic skiers since Sochi 2014 is striving to be as eco-friendly as possible.
Rothfuss completes hat-trick of Europa Cup wins in Matrei
German maintains her 100 per cent record, Russia’s Redkozubov wins again, but home favourite Loesch fails to finish.
Germany, Russia pick up double wins in Matrei
Rothfuss, Nolte, Redkozubov and Bugaev all finish on top of the podium at the IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup.
Endurance racing with Ihor Reptyukh
Ukrainian Nordic skier will be competing across biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Worlds and offers his advice on how to stay competitive.
How fast do visually impaired skiers go?
Top speeds can reach up to 105 km/h!
Jade Jones joins line up of star athletes for Sports Fest North East
Sports Fest will take place at Durham University, Great Britain on Thursday 5 March.
USTA awards grants record funds to wheelchair tennis projects
The money will be invested in 20 grassroots wheelchair tennis programmes across the USA.
Redkozubov beaten in Matrei
There was also an upset in the men’s standing races, as Russia’s Alexander Alyabyev took victory after Paralympic champion Alexey Bugaev failed to finish.