Para sport & Paralympic News
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Frankfurt 2013: Women’s team previews
26.06.2013
A team-by-team breakdown of the women’s squads competing at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.
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Spain crowned European champions
24.06.2013
The Spanish football 5-a-side team won the IBSA European Championships with a victory over the French in the title game.
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Italian handcyclists, Spanish tandems rule roads
17.06.2013
Italy’s Alex Zanardi and the Spanish pair of Ignacio Avila Rodriguez and Joan Font Bertoli are off to a quick start this season.
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Road Cycling World Cup moves to Spain
13.06.2013
The second stage of the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup will challenge 250 athletes this weekend in Segovia, Spain.
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Great Britain to face Paralympic champions in Euros warm up
26.05.2013
British men's wheelchair basketball team to face Canada, Spain and Germany in mid-June
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Spain beat Chile on first day of competition
21.05.2013
First day of BNP Paribas World Team Cup concludes in Antalya, Turkey
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Britain's Gallagher and Evans win first gold of season
10.03.2013
After a difficult season, Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher with guide Charlotte Evans topped the podium in the women's giant slalom visually impaired at the World Cup Finals in Sochi, Russia.
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Russia continue to lead alpine skiing World Cup rankings
09.03.2013
With just two more events to go, Russian athletes Alexandra Frantseva and Alexey Bugaev lead the women's and men's rankings at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup.
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World Cup Finals begin in challenging conditions
08.03.2013
The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals serve as a test event for the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014.
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IPC’s Mestre honoured on International Women’s Day
08.03.2013
IPC Alpine Skiing’s Sylvana Mestre was presented with the ‘2013 International Women’s Day Recognition.’
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2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals to be streamed live
07.03.2013
As a test event for the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals will offer athletes a chance to test out the slopes.
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IPC Alpine Skiing World Champs close in La Molina
27.02.2013
France topped the medals table at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, with Marie Bochet completing a clean sweep of five golds.
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Unbeatable Bochet wins five from five in La Molina
26.02.2013
Graduate of IPC Development Camp in 2006 storms to five world titles
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Lanzinger gets his gold
26.02.2013
Just five years after losing his leg in a skiing accident, Austria’s Matthias Lanzinger won a world title in the super-combined.
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Paralympic champ Perales fears for future after closure of local pool
25.02.2013
Spanish swimmer having to swim in 25m pool after economic crisis closes local 50m pool.
- Alicante to host 2013 IPC Shooting European Championships 04.02.2013 The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced on Monday (4 February) that Spanish city Alicante will host the 2013 IPC Shooting European Championships, taking place from 18-26 October.
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IPC European Para Snow Sport Youth Circuit starts this weekend
25.01.2013
Around 50 youngsters with an impairment from five EU countries will get their first taste of snow sports this Sunday (27 January) when the inaugural IPC European Para Snow Sport Youth Circuit gets...
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Carballeda re-elected as Spanish NPC President
23.01.2013
By unanimous vote, Miguel Carballeda was chosen to serve another four years as President of Spain’s National Paralympic Committee.
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New winners abound at IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup
15.01.2013
After seven World Cup races, new winners have emerged on the men’s side with France’s Vincent Gauthier-Manuel and Austria’s Philipp Bonadimann winning for the first time this season.
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Media accreditation opens for IPC Alpine and IPC Nordic skiing World Championships
14.01.2013
Media can register for accreditation via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and Nordic Skiing World Championships.
