Paralympic champions Giacomo Bertagnolli and Anna-Lena Forster were among the winners as slalom competition began at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Veysonnaz.
Ebba Aarsjoe of Sweden triumphed for a second time in the women's standing contest at the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup in Veysonnaz.
Arthur Bauchet of France started the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup season with a victory in the men's standing giant slalom in Veysonnaz.
World Para Snow Sports reports that 81 athletes and staff from 21 nations are in Swiss resort Veysonnaz for the first event of the World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup season.
Double Paralympic champion Anna-Lena Forster is turning her attention back to the ski slopes after finishing a stressful period of university study.
Two documentaries about Paralympic snow sports athletes from Spain have been released, enjoying prominent billing at international festivals.
The inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships in Lillehammer has been moved from next year to 2022.
Alpine skiers Markus Salcher and Veronika Aigner won the prizes for the best athletes with an impairment at Austria's Athlete of the Year awards.
There are now less than 100 days until the inaugural edition of the World Para Snow Sports Championships, with the International Paralympic Committee highlighting some of the biggest potential battles.
Dual Para-athlete and two-time Winter Paralympian Tori Pendergast has announced her retirement from Alpine skiing at the age of 29.
The International Ski Federation (FIS) and World Para Snow Sports have announced plans to extend their relationship to help encourage children to participate in snow sports.
Canada's Paralympic snowboarder Curt Minard has announced his retirement from the sport.
The World Para Snow Sports online Nations Meetings concluded after four days of presentations with 360 participants hailing from 45 countries.
Canadian Para-snowboarder Matt Hamilton has quit the sport after he was given a four-year doping ban following a positive test for a prohibited substance.
World Para Snow Sports is to host its first Online Nations Meeting over the next two weeks, bringing together all 60 National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) which compete in its four disciplines.
Canadian show jumper Ian Millar holds the record for the most Olympic appearances by an athlete in any sport. When he competed at London 2012 at the age of 65 it was the tenth time he had competed in the Games since making his debut 30 years earlier at Munich 1972. He had won his only Olympic medal at Beijing 2008 when he was part of Canada’s team that took silver in the team jumping event. Millar won a gold medal in the Pan American Games team jumping event at Toronto 2015. He announced his retirement in 2019.
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As the International Ice Hockey Federation prepares to decide whether Belarus remains a co-host of its World Championship later this year, Philip Barker recalls other occasions where human rights has been a key topic in the build-up to a country staging a major sports event.
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