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IPC Athletics European Championships
25-28 June

STADSKANAAL 2012 - Media Centre

News - Athletics

A wheelchair racer cuts through the finishing tape on a wet damp road.
Athletics

Defending champions Joshua George and Tatyana McFadden, as well as David Weir and Marcel Hug look ahead to Sunday’s race.

Lihong Zou of China wins the women's 800m T54 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Athletics

This weekend more than 200 athletes from 21 countries, including many world medallists will compete at the fifth Grand Prix of the year.

Veronica Hipolito of Brazil set World Record over 100m T38 at the IPC Athletics World Championships.
Athletics

The teenage T38 sprinter is gearing up for her first Paralympic Games on home soil this September.

Blindefolded woman runs with guide
Athletics

The Chinese T11 sprinter opens her account for the season this weekend at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, China.

Tatyana McFadden of the United States crosses the finish line to win the women's push rim wheelchair race during the 120th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts.
Athletics

The USA’s multiple Paralympic champion Tatyana McFadden wins her 15th Abbott World Marathon Majors event in four years.

A general view of the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Park.
Athletics

Around 800,000 tickets will go on sale for the World ParaAthletics Championships during the Summer of World Athletics with prices starting from GBP 5.

Jarryd Wallace
Athletics

The former 100m T44 world record holder shares his favourite songs, most of which he likes to play on his guitar.

Marcel Hug and Tatyana McFadden
Athletics

Monday’s race will mark the start of the inaugural Abbott World Marathon Majors Wheelchair Series.

a male wearing black and a helmet racing in a wheelchair
Athletics

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug gives us his insight on how to be one of the world’s best endurance para-athletes.

Yunidis Castillo of Cuba competes in the Women's 100m T46 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

The sprinter who is Cuba’s most successful Paralympian gives us an insight into how she started out in athletics

Runners enter a cooling station
Athletics

The day will include the first ever Million Kid Run which aims to get one million kids around the world pledge to run on the day.

Group shot of 23 people.
Athletics

Training courses to increase the number of National Technical Officials and International Classifiers took place in Grosseto, Italy, to coincide with the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain competes in the 800m race during the ParAthletics Grand Prix 2015 in Nottwil, Switzerland
Athletics

In the third edition of ‘Para-athletics explained’, renowned Paralympic coach Jenni Banks helps us uncover the intricacies of wheelchair racing.

Richard Browne
Athletics

The US 100m and 200m T44 world champion shares his career highs and lows.

Brazil's Felipe Gomes of Brazil celebrates winning the men's 200m T11 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Athletics

The 200m T11 world champion talks us through his dedication, sacrifices and desires that are driving him towards the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The world’s fastest female Paralympian shares her three favourite songs
Athletics

The world’s fastest female Paralympian shares her three favourite songs.

The Italian quartet set a new 4x100m T42-47 world record at the 2016 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy, on 10 April 2016.
Athletics

In Grosseto there was a new world record in the 4x100m T42-47 relay and a new national record in the 100m T35.

A wheelchair racer focuses
Athletics

The British pairing showed their talents on the track in Grosseto, Italy.

Athletes competing in the Women's 400m Freestyle S9 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow.
Archery

Rio 2016 qualification events in wheelchair rugby and rowing, plus European Championships in swimming have major implications.

Four runners dressed in shorts and vest competing on a red athletics track.
Athletics

After throwing 13.23m in the women’s shot put, Germany’s Franziska Liebhardt now leads the world rankings.