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20-23 September

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Podium of six people in front of a branded wall

The dominant performance included wins for Staci Manella and Tyler Walker in slalom in Tarvisio, Italy, on Monday (18 January).

Sculpture showing a golbus held by four people

The American Development Model for Paralympic Sport aims to enable athletes to participate in Paralympic sport at all levels.

a photo showing the top half of a lady in a canoe wearing a white top, life jacket and sunglasses

With canoe set to debut at the Paralympics in Rio 2016, 2015 was a big year for athletes. Here are what we learned coming off of last year.

A female swimmer doing breaststroke

Elizabeth Marks showed good form, setting a new world record in the women’s 50m breaststroke SB7 in Colorado Springs.

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Hosts Canada open their account with a 5-1 victory over Russia, whilst the US beat South Korea 8-1 in Bridgewater, Nova Scotia.

Para-Snowboard

The World Championships medallist is also training hard to achieve World Cup success this season.

Marie Bochet

The IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France, will see the first speed races of the 2015-16 contested.

Logo_International Sports Federation for Persons with an Intellectual Disability (INAS-FID)

The new partnership will help INAS launch innovative online services.

Man celebrates victory by raising football cup.

Morocco won the 2015 African Championship in Douala, Cameroon, and, with the Rio Paralympics ahead, looks at the future with optimism.

Grigorios Polychronidis

Daniel Polychronidis lost his London 2012 Paralympic medal after a home robbery. But his son surprised him on Christmas 2015.

Two wheelchair rugby players fighting for the ball

With the Paralympic Games coming up in September, here are the top storylines to follow.

Marie Bochet

Paralympic and world champions Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber and Aleksei Bugaev add slalom wins to their giant slalom victories in Kranjska Gora.

National Wheelchair Basketball Association (NWBA) logo

The new partnership will supply the US men and women’s national teams with basketball balls in preparation for Rio 2016.

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Downhill, super combined, giant slalom and slalom will all run according to schedule in February.

Melissa Perrine and Mitchell Gourley

At the halfway point until the next Paralympic Winter Games, Melissa Perrine and Mitchell Gourlay are focused on their World Cup campaigns.

Jessica Long competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain

Three reigning world champions, including 12-time Paralympic champion Jessica Long will look to gain a place for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

2015 Athlete Classification Code

After three rounds of consultation dating back to 2013, the IPC General Assembly approved the Code for implementation in November.

Dorottya in action in Hamburg

A network of players, coaches and more have been put together to help increase the involvement of women in the sport.

Canada and South Korea's ice sledge hockey teams

The hosts of the 2016 World Sledge Hockey Challenge, which gets underway on Sunday (17 January) reveal their squad.

Valerii Redkozubov of Russia

The Italian skier took the first World Cup victory of his career over Russia’s world giant slalom champion in Kranjska Gora, Slovenia.