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Russian ice sledge hockey team hold media master class
Coaches and players show members of the media equipment and how to play ice sledge hockey.
How can Paralympians get noticed?
Prior to Sochi 2014, Canada’s ice sledge hockey players are trying to be pioneers in a world where Paralympians are struggling to attract corporate sponsors.
Sochi 2014: What to watch with 200 days to go
With the next Paralympic Winter Games quickly approaching the calendar is packed with winter para-sport events for the next seven months.
Sledge teams to get final Sochi 2014 chance in Torino
Six teams will fight for three Sochi spots: Great Britain, Germany, Italy, Japan, Korea and Sweden.
Sochi 2014 releases sledge hockey Test Event tickets
Canada, Czech Republic, Russia and Norway will all take part in the event from 27 August – 1 September.
83 per cent of Russians hold positive view of Sochi Games
The majority of the Russian population say they will follow the progress of the Olympics and Paralympics on TV or online.
Sledge stars compare themselves to NHL players
During the offseason, some of ice sledge hockey’s top players revealed who they look at to model their game after on the ice.
Josh Pauls: ‘This season, I intend to be great’
The American forward shares why the summer is not a time to slack off from ice sledge hockey.
Dmitry Lisov: Taking Russia from pretender to contender
Russia have gone from not having an ice sledge hockey programme just a few years ago to being on the world’s biggest stage in their own country.
Czech sledge team not getting any younger for Sochi
Ahead of the Sochi 2014 Test Event, the Czech Republic’s ice sledge hockey team realise the next Paralympics could be their last together as a core group.
USA announce Sochi 2014 ice sledge hockey roster
Steve Cash, Josh Pauls and Taylor Chace are among the names who made it on to the USA’s roster for Sochi 2014.
Four teams to play in Sochi’s ice sledge hockey Test Event
Russia, Canada, Czech Republic and Norway will all take part in the International Ice Sledge Hockey “4 Nations” Tournament.
Italy, Norway to receive sledges from Ottobock
Italy and Norway are the first countries to become a part of IPC Ice Sledge Hockey’s Ottobock Equipment Loaner Programme.
USA holding Sochi 2014 sledge hockey tryouts
Sixty-one players will compete for 17 roster spots available on USA’s ice sledge hockey team for Sochi 2014.
Sochi 2014 unveils Paralympic Winter Games medals
The Sochi 2014 Paralympic gold medal was revealed in St. Petersburg, Russia, and it weighs 686 grams.
Japan still seek Sochi sledge hockey spot
The IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Paralympic Qualification Tournament will be Japan’s last chance at trying to qualify for Sochi 2014.
Whitson makes strides as two-sport athlete
Immediately after returning from a gold-medal victory at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championship A-Pool, Canada's Derek Whitson hit the football 7-a-side pitch.
Sochi 2014 set to unveil Games medals
The medals for the next Paralympic Winter Games will be revealed on 30 May.
Stuart Lieberman: 15 most marketable para-athletes
Following Alan Fonteles Oliveira’s inclusion in SportsPro’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes, here are 15 other Paralympians who IPC Editorial Co-ordinator Stuart Lieberman believes have the potential to make such a list in the future.
Russian Sochi 2014 medal contender participates in Cultural Olympiad
"Our Sochi 2014 Champion" Aleksandr Alyabiev takes part in "Bench of Peace" art project