US Edition'It Was Time': Canada Set for Long-Awaited Women's Para Hockey World Championships
The championship is a crucial step to meet International Paralympic Committee requirements for women's Para hockey to become a Paralympic sport by 2030, featuring six international teams.
- On Tuesday, Christina Picton and Canada's women's Para hockey team begin the inaugural Para Ice Hockey Women's World Championships in Dolny Kubin, Slovakia, featuring six teams including Team World from nine countries.
- World Para Ice Hockey requires at least two women's world championships before applying to the International Paralympic Committee for the 2030 Paralympic Games, and Para hockey rosters can include one woman by expanding from 17 to 18 players.
- Three months ago players faced steep personal costs, but corporate sponsors and supporters covered expected bills of $5,500 to $6,000; since 2007, athletes have self-funded while the program matured with weekly training and medical staff.
- The championships are raising the women's program's profile and attracting sponsors, with Tara Chisholm, Canada head coach, calling the event a decisive step toward inclusion in the 2030 Paralympic Games.
- Long ago, only a handful of women reached Paralympic para hockey; only three—two from Norway and one from China—have played, while Raphaëlle Tousignant and Christina Picton highlight recent progress and past exclusions.
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When Team USA takes the ice for the opening match of the 2025 World Para Ice Hockey Women's World Championship against Australia, 28-year-old Kelsey DiClaudio will be ready to fight for a medal. A tournament years in the making, DiClaudio knows how monumental this world championship will be for women’s sled hockey.“Although I've been playing for 20 years, it almost feels like this is the beginning of my career,” DiClaudio told The Ice Garden. “I…
‘It was time’: Canada set for long-awaited women’s Para hockey world championships – 105.9 The Region
Christina Picton remembers arriving at the 2022 Paralympics with a mix of joy and heartache as she took it all in. A veteran of the Canadian women’s Para hockey team, Picton had always imagined lining up alongside her teammates at the Winter Games. Instead, she made it to Beijing as a nordic skier, because women’s Para hockey remained absent from the Paralympic program. “A very bittersweet experience,” said Picton, who added skiing to her high-p…
‘It was time’: Canada set for long-awaited women’s Para hockey world championships
Christina Picton remembers arriving at the 2022 Paralympics with a mix of joy and heartache as she took it all in. A veteran of the Canadian women’s Para hockey team, Picton had always imagined lining up alongside her teammates at the Winter Games. Instead, she made it to Beijing as a nordic skier, because women’s Para hockey remained absent from the Paralympic program. “A very bittersweet experience,” said Picton, who added skiing to her high-p…
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