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20-23 September

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Italian throwers Assunta Legnante and Oney Tapia at the launch of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy.

The IPC Athletics European Championships will take place in the Carlo Zecchini Olympic Stadium from 10-16 June.

Men in sit ski looking focused, wearing helmet

Competition in Spain got underway on Monday (8 February) with super combined.

The Netherlands' Bibian Mentel-Spee secured her second World Cup win in Aspen and was joined on the podium by teammate Lisa Bunschoten and the USA’s Heidi Jo Duce.

The three snowboarders secured their second snowboard-cross wins at the IPC Snowboard World Cup at Aspen Snowmass on Saturday (6 February).

Isis Holt of Australia competes in the women's 200m T35 final during the Evening Session at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The 14-year-old clocked 28.28 seconds to knock 0.19 seconds off the mark she set at the 2015 World Championships.

Man in wheelchair speaking on a stage

The Russian Paralympic Committee recognised those who played a part in the Movement’s growth in the country.

Brittany Hudak, Canada in Women's 15km classic, overtaking a rival

The Canadian Nordic skier describes how Collette Bourgonje had an influence on her early career.

Two sledge hockey players in blue jerseys on the ice

A friendly between South Korea, Japan and the Czech Republic will get underway on Monday (8 February).

Sprinting woman

The South African sprinter stars in a new monthly series looking at the relationship and bond between athlete and coach.

Three adaptive snowboarders celebrate their podium finishes at the 2016 IPC Snowboard World Cup in Aspen, USA

Dutch riders Bibian Mentel-Spee, Chris Vos and Austria’s Patrick Mayrhofer also take the first snowboard-cross wins of the season in the USA.

Georg Kreiter of Germany competes in Men's Downhill Sitting at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

The German world champion was helped on the way to world titles by multiple world and Paralympic champion Martin Braxenthaler.

Two men, one blindfolded, laughing

The T11 world champion tells us about his life away from athletics and his love of music.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The Australian double world champion in the T53 class was victorious over 100m, 400m and 1,500m at the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Two men practising judo

Top-ranked judoka look to get competition in ahead of the Rio 2016 Games.

A picture of a girl holding a gun

Izumi Takehi and Toshio Moriwaki believe that by the time of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, awareness of shooting para-sport in Japan will have reached new levels.

Ivan Frantsev

Due to bad weather downhill races took place on Friday along with super-G, which replaced the super-combined originally scheduled.

Florian Planker

As one of the leading players on his national ice sledge hockey team, Planker wants to continue to help lead the team.

Isis Holt of Australia competes in the women's 200m T35 final during the Evening Session at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Nearly 100 athletes from nine countries will compete in the first Grand Prix of 2016 this weekend in Australia.

Women on snowboard on the slope

The Dutch world and Paralympic champion secured a poignant victory in the USA on World Cancer Day.

Louise Sauvage

The Australian wheelchair racing great looks back at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics and talks about her career now as a coach

Kurt Fearnley, Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin and Daniela Di Toro

The pair are the first team captains since 2004 and will lead more than 170 athletes to Rio 2016.