PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Holloway hopes Parapan gold will be catalyst for Paralympic title
The star US sitting volleyball player hopes a successful Parapan American Games will give the team the confidence they need to beat China at Rio 2016.

Agitos Foundation attends “Sport for tomorrow” workshop in Tokyo
The initiative aims to support sports development activities for persons with an impairment around the world ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Russia take two super-G golds
Alexey Bugaev and Ivan Frantsev take world titles, as France’s Marie Bochet and Anna Schaffelhuber also seal wins at para-alpine Worlds.

CPC mourns the passing of past president Henry Wohler
Wohler was interim President of the Canadian Paralympic Committee from January to November 2006 and Chef de Mission for the Salt Lake City 2002 Winter Paralympics

South Korea confident of regaining A-Pool status
South Korea’s ice sledge hockey team is keen to win the 2015 World Championships B-Pool, in the hope of bouncing back to the A-Pool in 2017 in time for their home Winter Paralympics.
Tokyo 2020 celebrates 2,000 days until the Paralympics
School children in the Japanese capital marked the landmark by trying out football 5-a-side with international players.

Brody Roybal honoured at Comcast SportsNet Award
The USA sledge hockey forward received praise for his Sochi 2014 efforts ahead of next month’s World Championships in Buffalo.

Super-G set to dazzle at Panorama 2015
The second day of competition at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships will see the speed races continue with world and Paralympic champions in action.

Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Brisbane, Australia
Evan O’Hanlon, Scott Reardon and Richard Colman will headline the first ever Grand Prix to take place Down Under.

IBSA World Games promotional video launched
May’s event is expected to attract around 3,000 athletes from 80 countries who will compete in 10 sports.

Rwandan para-sport develops at pace
Thanks to support received from the Agitos Foundation, Rwanda expect to send an increased number of athletes to Rio 2016.

The coach behind the champions
Ahead of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Brisbane, world renowned para-athletics coach Iryna Dvoskina gives an insight into how she gets the best out of her athletes.

Kamiji aims to stay World No.1 on her terms
The world’s leading women’s wheelchair tennis player is aiming to stay top of the world in 2015.

Canadian Paralympic Committee and Fasken Martineau announce new partnership
Official Legal Partner brings legal expertise and fundraising component to Paralympic Movement

Fixtures for Ostersund 2015 published
Six teams will compete at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool which open on Sunday 15 March.

Marcoux wins downhill gold at Panorama 2015
Canada’s Mac Marcoux took the title for the hosts as Austrian Claudia Loesch fulfilled her dream, taking her first downhill World's title.

IPC Athletics classifier training takes place in Dubai
Training took place to coincide with the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season.

Paralympic champions fastest in Worlds downhill training
France’s Marie Bochet and Germany’s Anna Schaffelhuber set the quickest times in the first downhill training run of Panorama 2015.

Rosters confirmed for Ostersund 2015
Players for Poland, South Korea, Great Britain, Slovakia, Austria and hosts Sweden have been announced.

PyeongChang 2018 completes the ‘Accessibility Manual’
By completing the manual the organising committee aim to accelerate its preparation for the Paralympic Winter Games