Six teams will compete in the World Para Ice Hockey Championships B-Pool in Östersund, Sweden in September as they attempt to secure a spot at the Paralympic Qualification Tournament for the Beijing 2022 Winter Paralympics later this year.
The Canadian Paralympic Committee (CPC) has launched a new campaign featuring some of the nation's top athletes as it looks to create conversation about disability before the Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 Paralympics.
South Korean Para cross-country skier Vo Ra Mi Seo, who played a leading role at the 2018 Winter Paralympic Games in Pyeongchang, has died at the age of 35.
The United States retained their World Para Ice Hockey Championships title after a 5-1 victory over Canada in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
Defending champions United States and Canada will once again contest the final of the World Para Ice Hockey Championships after earning semi-final victories in Ostrava.
South Korea earned a semi-final place against defending champions the United States at the World Para Ice Hockey Championship in Ostrava despite having a coach and player dismissed from the event for breaching COVID-19 protocols.
Canada and the Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) both won their final preliminary games to finish top of their respective groups at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava in the Czech Republic.
Canada built strongly upon their opening day defeat of Paralympic and defending champions United States at the World Para Ice Hockey A-Pool Championship in the Czech city of Ostrava by defeating South Korea 8-0.
Paralympic gold medallists and defending champions the United States were beaten 2-1 on day one of the World Para Ice Hockey Championship by Canada, the Paralympic and world silver medallists.
Spectators will be allowed - within COVID-19 guidelines - at the World Para Ice Hockey Championship due to start in Ostrava tomorrow.
World Para Snow Sports has announced a sponsorship and supply agreement with Ecoaims - a Finnish provider of shooting equipment for visually-impaired biathlon.
A World Para Snow Sports classifier course which concluded this month attracted almost 50 medical and sport professionals from 21 countries - twice the expected number.
Hosts the Czech Republic will take on Paralympic bronze medallists South Korea in the opening match of this year's World Para Ice Hockey Championship in Ostrava.
Double Paralympic skiing champion Mac Marcoux has been named as the 2021 winner of the John Semmelink Memorial Award - the highest recognition in Canadian snow sport.
The United States claimed the gold medal at the World Wheelchair-B Curling Championship after defeating Switzerland 4-3 in the final at the Kisakallio Sports Institute in Lohja in Finland.
Denver were awarded the 1976 Winter Olympic Games ahead of Sion in Switzerland, Tempere in Finland and Vancouver in Canada at the International Olympic Committee Session in 1970. But in a Colorado referendum in November 1972, voters rejected funding for the event. It is the only time a city has been awarded the Olympics but pulled out. The IOC then offered the Games to Whistler in Canada, but they too declined owing to a change of Government following elections. Salt Lake City offered to host the Games, but the IOC, still reeling from the Denver rejection, declined and selected Innsbruck, the 1964 host city, as a replacement.
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