PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

As well as the finals in San Martino di Castrozza, an additional World Cup in Maribor Slovenia, has also been added to the calendar.

US 400m freestyle S10 world and Paralympic champion Ian Silverman is targeting titles in shorter events in 2015, aiming to get past Brazil’s multiple world and Paralympic champion Andre Brasil.

Russia and Slovakia will determine the second finalist in the sole semi-final

July’s event will be the biggest in Lithuanian Paralympic sporting history

Tickets are available for as little as USD 5, with the opening day featuring a replay of the final from Sochi 2014 between the hosts US and Russia.

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug who will be looking to defend five world titles later this year will be one of the star names at the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the year.

Olympic medallist Keri-Anne Payne and Europeans medallist Scott Quin get behind the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships with 150 days to go.

Dame Sarah Storey headlines the British team heading to Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, in March.

Italian 2013-14 overall men’s visually impaired World Cup winner Alessandro Daldoss and guide Luca Negrini have parted ways but Daldoss will still give 100 per cent at Panorama 2015.

China, Finland and Slovakia join Russia in the play-off games.

Ciro Winckler and Raymond So will speak on athlete health and performance

Germany’s ice sledge hockey team looks to turn around their season prior to the World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, New York.

Kurt Fearnley and the Australian wheelchair rugby team amongst the high profile winners.

A total of 12 sets of medals will be handed out at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships between 23-28 February.

Russia remains unbeaten after wins against China and Finland on day four of the Championships.

Since switching from wrestling to judo, the US athletes has enjoyed a meteoric rise to the top.

Milos Raonic Foundation has supported the CPC with a CAD 30,000 grant

Sochi 2014 winners Petushkov and Schaffelhuber headline shortlist of six athletes up for March’s award.

Great Britain’s teenage sprint sensation gives an insight into her training regime as part of a new IPC Athletics series

Andrea Bundon, a Research Associate at the Peter Harrison Centre for Disability Sport at Loughborough University (UK), gives advice on how para-athletes can use social media.