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20-23 September

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Dame Sarah Storey of Great Britain races in the women's individual time trial at the 2015 Amgen Tour of California on May 15, 2015 in Valencia, California.
Cycling

Dame Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy headline the squad to compete in Italy between 17-20 March.

Man in wheelchair holds woman in air while spinning wheelchair.
Para dance sport

The sport is continuing to build the competition calendar for the coming years off the back of a successful few seasons.

Yu Chui Yee (Alison Yu) portrait

The Paralympic champion uses World Cancer Day to remember those who comforted her during one of her most challenging times.

three females running, one wearing green, one blue and one red
Athletics

The 14-year-old double world champion is aiming to make a big impression at the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of Paralympic year.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control
Alpine Skiing

South Korea also enjoyed the top step of the podium courtesy of Sang Min Han in Stara Planina, Serbia.

Steve Cash at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA.

Cash said cancer not only affects the patient, but families just as much.

Hannah Cockroft - best and worst career moment
Athletics

The T34 wheelchair racer talks about her career highs and lows as she prepares to defend her Paralympic titles at Rio 2016.

More than 20 alpine skiers, snowboarders, their coaches and guides from seven countries participated in the first PyeongChang 2018 Actualising the Dream education and training workshops which concluded in Stara Planina, Serbia.
Alpine Skiing

Twenty-three athletes, coaches and guides were introduced to the Paralympic Movement and received training from experienced professionals in Stara Planina, Serbia.

Representatives of the International Paralympic Committee, IPC Shooting and the Italian Shotgun Shooting Federation met in Rome, Italy, on 21 January, to discuss the continued development of para-clay target shooting towards becoming an IPC Shooting recognised discipline.
Shooting

Further meetings were held in January to discuss classification research.

Aerial view of the Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo 2020

Plans to deliver a minimal impact Paralympic and Olympic Games have been outlined.

Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel
Snowboard

The USA’s Amy Purdy and Mike Schultz and Dutch Paralympic and world champion Bibian Mentel-Spee will all make their return from Thursday (4 February).

In meIn’s C1 racing, China’s Zhang Yu Li earned his second gold medal in as many days at the 2015 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships.
Cycling

Seminars were held in Tokyo to discuss how to diversify the sport in the region.

Two snowboarders race on a slope
Archery

Many sports in the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme are back in action for the first time this year.

View on a slope with sit skier passing
PyeongChang 2018

The USA’s Oksana Masters and Canada’s Mark Arendz also secure victories in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Collage of five images showing five athletes
Sailing

The public has until 9 February to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

A picture of a woman showing her both gold medals
Rio 2016

The National Paralympic Committee expects to distribute approximately BRL 3 million in rewards.

London 2012 unveil Anti-Doping Laboratory.
USA

The American T43 sprinter tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, at the 2015 US Championships.

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

The Brazilian T38 sprinter talks us through her typical day of training as she prepares for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Richard Brown
Athletics

From training to unwinding at home, here are the world champion’s top tracks.

collage
Wheelchair Tennis

Catch up on what happened in the first month of the Paralympic year.