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Russia and Belarus suspended at IPC Extraordinary General Assembly

FasterSkierNovember 17, 2022

At an Extraordinary General Assembly in Berlin, Germany, on Wednesday (16 November 2022), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) member organisations voted to suspend the National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus. The decision by IPC members to suspend NPC Russia and NPC Belarus stems from their inability to comply with their membership obligations under the IPC Constitution. This includes the obligations to ‘ensure that, in Para sport within the Paralympic Movement, the spirit of fair...

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FIS is taking over governance of Para Nordic skiing, what does it mean for the sport’s development in the United States?

Ben TheyerlSeptember 4, 2022

The International Ski Federation’s (FIS) annual Congress held at the end of May this year was an unusually dramatic affair. Fights over media rights – whether to look at serializing the sport of Nordic skiing into something like Formula 1’s Drive to Survive – sent skiing’s international governing body into a metaphorically different part of the Netflix catalog, less Dive to Survive and more House of Cards, West Wing, or Newsroom. If only Aaron Sorkin...

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South Korea’s Medal Hope, Eui Hyun Sin Preps for Home Paralympics

Gabby NaranjaMay 25, 2017

For a few days at the end of January, a sea of stringed kites fills the skies of many cities in South Korea. The normally crowded streets of downtown Seoul — the country’s capital — empty and become almost devoid of people. Many of the residents are indoors with their families, or en route to the hometowns of relatives, all in order to celebrate Seollal, one of the nation’s greatest Korean holidays. Generally spanning a...

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Golden Biathlon Breakthrough for Masters, Second Gold for Arendz and McKeever of 2017 IPC World Champs

Gabby NaranjaFebruary 21, 2017

The 2017 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Nordic Skiing World Championships concluded this past weekend Feb. 18-19 in Finsterau, Germany with a biathlon sprint and a middle-distance cross-country event. Claiming their second gold medals of the week were Oksana Masters, of the U.S., and Canada’s Mark Arendz. Race recap and results below. *** The U.S. Paralympics Nordic Team’s Oksana Masters is plenty used to winning cross-country events. She ended last season undefeated in every cross-country race and...

Doping News

McLaren Report II: Systematic Doping Continued After Sochi Games

Jason AlbertDecember 9, 2016

Neither good news or athlete's names were released this morning as part of WADA's publishing of it's second McLaren Report: the investigation into systematic Russian Doping.

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Rio Highlights: McFadden Breaks Paralympic Record; Putney’s Dana Takes Silver in TT (Updated)

BrainspiralSeptember 15, 2016

This article has been updated to include results from Thursday's road cycling and evening track races, as well as Tatyana McFadden's selection as recipient of the Whang Youn Dai Achievement Award.

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IPC Suspends Russia from Rio Paralympics

Gabby NaranjaAugust 7, 2016

As athletes continue to prepare for the upcoming Paralympics taking place exactly one month from Sunday in Rio, those sporting the white, blue and red flag of Russia will not. On Sunday, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced its decision to suspend the Russian from competition in Rio and upcoming IPC competitions.

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Russian Doping: McLaren Report Confirms Cover-Up of Positive Samples in Sochi

Jason AlbertJuly 18, 2016

This morning, Professor Richard McLaren disclosed his findings after looking into claims of Russian state-sponsored doping and its cover-up. Here's a quick summary of his findings, which were enough to prompt WADA to call for Russian athletes in all sports to be banned from the 2016 Olympics.

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FasterSkier’s Para-Nordic Skiers of 2016: Oksana Masters and Andy Soule

BrainspiralApril 15, 2016

With the conclusion of the IPC World Cup season, FasterSkier presents its nominations for the Para-Nordic skiers of the year. Oksana Masters was undefeated in cross-country races to win her second-straight overall World Cup, while her veteran teammate Andy Soule, placed fourth overall in the Cross-Country World Cup.

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As WADA Commission Promises More To Come, Skiing’s Past Doping Scandals Emerge

Chelsea LittleNovember 24, 2015

Norway's TV2 says it has found out that Estonian cross-country skier Kristina Smigun is likely to be stripped of her 2006 Olympic gold medals; national and international federations seem happy to discuss, but the IOC will not. Meanwhile, a Norwegian Paralympian alleges Russians had separate (and comically short) doping control tests at the 2014 Olympics.

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IPC World Champs Return to U.S., Cable to Host at Telemark

Alex KochonOctober 3, 2014

The U.S. is hosting world championships this year -- specifically, Cable, Wis., where the American Birkebeiner starts annually, is gearing up to be the site of the 2015 International Paralympic Committee (IPC) World Championships from Jan. 22-Feb. 1.

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Canada’s 10-Time Paralympian, Bourgonje Bows Out, Keeps Spreading Paralympic Message

Alex KochonMay 22, 2014

Twenty-two years ago, Colette Bourgonje was a grade-school teacher with a ticket to the Albertville Paralympics. But the school wasn’t about to let her take off for her first Paralympics. She went anyway and began an unprecedented streak of competing at seven Winter Paralympics -- 10 Paralympics in all.

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Canada on the Podium Twice at IPC World Championships

FasterSkierJanuary 27, 2009

VUOKATTI, Fin.—Canada made two trips to the podium at the IPC Cross-Country Skiing World Championships on Monday. Brian and Robin McKeever teamed up to win a gold medal, while Jody Barber stepped onto the international podium for the first time ever by winning a bronze medal in Vuokatti, Finland. Brian, along with his guide, Robin McKeever, have won nearly everything available in Para-Nordic sport. The brother tandem destroyed the field by winning the men’s 20-kilometre...