Para sport & Paralympic News
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Australian Toby Kane secures World Cup win in memory of late teammate
26.02.2014
One week after the sad passing of Matthew Robinson, Kane won the super-combined World Cup Finals title in Travisio.
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Five things to know: Canada's sledge hockey team
26.02.2014
The Canadians are looking to sweep the ice hockey events at this year’s Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.
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Six Paralympians shortlisted for Laureus Award
26.02.2014
France’s Marie Bochet and the USA’s Tatyana McFadden - two athletes who will compete at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games - have been announced on a shortlist of six athletes for the...
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IPC and Samsung to launch Sochi 2014 Samsung Paralympic Bloggers
25.02.2014
Thirty of the world’s top athletes will record exclusive video blogs at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
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What is the status of Spain’s Jon Santacana?
25.02.2014
The Spanish visually impaired skier is trying to return to the slopes just in time for the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals and Sochi 2014 Paralympics.
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Sochi 2014: 14 athletes to like on Facebook
24.02.2014
Facebook is a the platform of choice, especially for European alpine skiers. Here’s a list of the 14 profiles you should be following for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.
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8 for 8: Canada preview
24.02.2014
After a disappointing fourth-place finish at the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics, can Greg Westlake lead Canada’s top-seeded sledge hockey squad to gold?
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Sochi 2014 special edition of The Paralympian now online
24.02.2014
Plan your daily viewing schedule for the Sochi 2014 Paralympics with the latest edition of the IPC’s Paralympian magazine.
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Para-snowboarder Michelle Salt added to Canada’s Sochi 2014 team
23.02.2014
Salt only lost her leg in June 2011, but will compete at the Paralympic Winter Games for the first time in Sochi.
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US name 80-strong team for Sochi 2014
22.02.2014
The bigges team ever will represent the USA at a Winter Games in Sochi, where it will also be the biggest team out of all the countries competing.
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Jon Santacana Maiztegui headlines Spain’s Sochi 2014 team
21.02.2014
Spain will send four alpine skiers, two guides and three snowboarders to the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
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Latimer added to Canadian team for Sochi 2014
21.02.2014
Rising star Erin Latimer has been nominated to the Canadian team that will compete at March’s Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, Alpine Canada and the Canadian Paralympic Committee have announced.
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Netherlands name seven athletes for Sochi 2014 Paralympics
20.02.2014
Four of the seven Dutch athletes headed to Sochi will compete in snowboard, a discipline set to make its Paralympic debut.
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Russia sending 67 athletes to Sochi 2014 Paralympics
18.02.2014
The strongest medal hopefuls for the host nation lie in Nordic skiing and ice sledge hockey.
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Sochi 2014 Paralympic Reporter project selects winners
18.02.2014
The “Sochi 2014 Paralympic Reporter” international competition will bring 14 writers from Russia, Germany and Great Britain to Sochi for the Games.
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Five things to know: USA's sledge hockey team
17.02.2014
Will the Americans become the first ice sledge hockey team to repeat as Paralympic champions?
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South Korea reveal 27 names on Sochi 2014 Paralympic team
14.02.2014
The country will have a strong representation in the team sports, as they are set to take part in both wheelchair curling and ice sledge hockey.
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Canadian Nordic team headlined by McKeever and Bourgonje
12.02.2014
Canada are confident that team of 11 athletes and three guides heading to Sochi is one of the "most talented yet."
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Bruegger, Pyfl to lead Swiss Sochi 2014 delegation
12.02.2014
Switzerland will send eight alpine skiers to Sochi 2014, including top men’s standing skiers Michael Bruegger and Thomas Pfyl.
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France to send 14 athletes to Sochi 2014 Paralympics
11.02.2014
Alpine skiers Marie Bochet and Vincent Gauthier-Manuel are expected to headline France’s Sochi 2014 team.
