PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Austrian sit-skier is the defending champion in super-combined, giant slalom and super-G but wants the speed title to complete her collection.

After beating Morocco, the nation will now play in the World Group II at the BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Turkey on the 25-31 May.

A host of Paralympic and world champions from 23 countries are ready to go for the first gold medals at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

With the World Championships fast approaching, will 2015 be the year that the oldest world records in history will be broken?

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

The New Zealand duo are all set for the start of competition this Wednesday at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships in Panorama, Canada.

Four of the seven British athletes took part at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games and will now compete at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Around 400 sets of medals will be presented during August’s Parapan American Games in Canada.

Training took place to coincide with the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season.

Twelve athletes will represent the host country of the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships when racing starts on 4 March.

David Isaac Lopez Sevilla succeeds Juan Francisco Balladares Petting.

After winning silver medals at London 2012 and the 2013 World Championships, the 18-year-old is gearing up for his most important year yet.

Bourseaux and Bahier take the wins for France whilst athletes from hosts South Africa, Great Britain, Spain and Italy also top the podium.

The public has until Monday 9 March to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.

Melissa Perinne guided by Andrew Bor, sit skiers Victoria Pendergast and Mark Soyer, and Mitchell Gourley make-up the team for the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

The third month of the year will see the winter sports season come to a close and a number of summer sports get underway.

Sports fans in Canada can watch all of the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships live at cbcsports.ca.

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

Sports fans in Canada can watch all of the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships live at cbcsports.ca.

Catch-up on what went on during a very busy month for winter sports.