PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Corie Mapp ready for Para bobsleigh Worlds
Great Britain’s top Para bobsledder hopes to inspire others with impairments to take up sports.

Para sport in review: December 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during December.

US wheelchair rugby selection camp to take place
Players are vying for selection for the US team for the 2017 Americas Championship.
Tokyo 2020 stages “Ideathon”
The session pitted Japanese college and university students against each other to develop ideas for the Tokyo 2020 Games.
Nordic Classification Conference held
NPCs from Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden and Denmark met to discuss classification strategies in various sport

Best of Para archery from 2016
A selection of the best Paralympic performances from Rio 2016.

WADA New Year message
A message to stakeholders from the World Anti-Doping Agency President and Secretary General.

Three things you did not know about Claudia Loesch
The Austrian downhill, super combined and slalom world champion gives us an insight into her life off the skis.

Paralympic champion Lana Spreeman passes away
Spreeman won giant slalom gold at the 1980 Paralympic Winter Games.

Three things Manuel Pozzerle does off the snow
The Italian snowboard-cross world champion sometimes forgets to eat if he is playing videogames.