PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
APC and PASO sign collaboration agreement
Agreement means that bidding cities for the Pan American Games are also obliged to bid for the Parapan American Games as a “host city for both Games”.
Loesch and Lanzinger to headline Europa Cup
Austria’s Claudia Loesch and Matthias Lanzinger will race in super-combined, slalom and giant slalom races on home snow in Matrei.
O'Neill named to Most Influential Women list for 2014
Canadian Paralympic Committee CEO named to list by the Canadian Association for the Advancement of Women and Sport and Physical Activity.
IPC open nominations for 2015 Paralympic Sport Awards
The awards, presented in partnership with Allianz, will recognise achievements from the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games and will be awarded in November.
Four questions for Anna Schaffelhuber
Find out how the winner of five Paralympic gold medals at a single Paralympic Winter Games goes about preparing for competition.
100 days to go: Sweeney say US team is stronger than Sochi ahead of Buffalo 2015
Sochi 2014 gold medallist says that although US ice sledge hockey team is physically stronger ahead of the World Championships it is lacking some experience
German Paralympic medal hopefuls to receive extra funding
Forty six German para-athletes have been included in the Top Team which provides funding for their preparation for the Rio 2016 and PyeongChang 2018 Paralympics.
First para-snowboard head-to-head winners decided
Historic victories for American, Dutch, French and British riders at the para-snowboard World Cup in Aspen, USA.
American riders seal seven podiums in Aspen
Men’s Sochi 2014 medallists recreate podium at the para-snowboard World Cup as Heidi Jo Duce and Nicole Roundy are also amongst those to finish in the top three.
Glasgow 2015 competition schedule released
Celebrating six months to go until the 2015 IPC Swimming Worlds, the competition schedule has been published.