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PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Montaggioni's doubts diminished after Big White 2017
After a season of chasing the best, the French snowboarder finally beat the best at the 2017 World Championships in Big White.
Martin Fleig aims high at home Worlds
The German Nordic skier secured a World Cup win last month and is confident he can claim his first world title in Finsterau, from Friday (10 February).
Schett feeling no pressure at Big White 2017
The Austrian said silver in snowboard-cross might actually be an advantage heading into banked slalom competition.
Ten Para athletics world records under threat in 2017
With the athletics season starting to get underway, here are 10 world marks that could be toppled in the coming months.
Shyshkova focused on grabbing first world title
The Ukrainian visually impaired skier plans to make 2017 her year having missed out on the top step on the podium at the last three editions.
APC General Assembly candidates announced
Jose Luis Campo will seek re-election as Americas Paralympic Committee President; Vice-president and three members will also be chosen in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on 18 March.
Krajnyak hoping for home advantage at Eger World Cup
Victory in Hungary would make crowd favourite Zsuzsanna Krajnyak world No.1 in the women’s foil category A ahead of China’s Rio 2016 champion Jing Rong.
World Shooting Para Sport releases new rules for 2017
Updates to the Technical Rules and Regulations and Classification Rules and Regulations come into force with immediate effect.
British swimming great Sascha Kindred retires
The six-time Paralympian and seven time Paralympic champion has decided to bow out after more than two decades.
Canada Snowboard and CADS to develop Para snowboard
The announcement was made during the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships taking place in Big White, Canada.
Big White 2017: Montaggioni surprises in final day of competition
The World Championships concluded with banked slalom, as Maxime Montaggioni won the men’s SB-UL category with his final run.
Second World title, but first as a mother for Huckaby
Unfavorable conditions and taking a season off did not slow down Brenna Huckaby at Big White 2017. She willl now go for gold in banked slalom.
Bibian Mentel-Spee re-elected as Athlete Representative for snowboard
The Dutch athlete will serve another two-year term on World Para Snowboard’s Sport Technical Committee.
Klebl to miss Worlds, looks ahead to Test Event
The Canadian has high hopes for his season, despite being hospitalised for the first races.
Schedule confirmed for Para ice hockey international
Canada, Norway, South Korea and hosts Italy will compete in Torino ahead of the 2017 World Championships.
Football 5 referees trained in Italy and Colombia
IBSA also released an unofficial Spanish translation of the new rules.
Arturs Klots wins Para bobsleigh World Championships
The Latvian was the fastest in all four runs in monobob to claim gold at the second edition of the event in St Moritz, Switzerland, on 5 February.
Slovenian NPC active in making Para sport equal
The National Paralympic Committee and athletes met with government officials to discuss a new law which will help Para sport be recognised as equal.
Ten rising Para athletics stars for 2017
With July’s World Championships on the horizon, find out who the youngsters to look out for are this season.
South Korea seek to end Para ice hockey struggles
It has been a rough road to PyeongChang 2018 so far for South Korea’s Para ice hockey squad, but Seung-Hwan Jung wants to change that.