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20-23 September

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Woman riding a dark horse
Equestrian

British riders show form ahead of September’s European Championships.

Beatrice Vio duelling with Dani Gyongi at the 2013 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix
Wheelchair Fencing

Gang Sun won epee, foil titles, while Beatrice Vio extends her streak at the Wheelchair Fencing World Cup.

Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.
Australia

The wheelchair tennis player spoke to 4,000 people at Sydney Opera House following a long line of para-athletes who have given TEDx Talks.

Three swimmers pose with their medals
Swimming

Ukrainian Sviderska sets a new world record whilst Great Britain look in a strong position to take their first gold medal at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Portrait picture of a blonde woman wearing glasses
VISTA

This October, Professor Jennifer Mactavish will deliver a keynote on “How to engage youth in disability sport: Reflections of an accidental academic”.

Group of people forming a 100, shot taken from above
Athletics

Qatari schoolchildren and star para-athletes showed their excitement for October’s Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Swimmer with blue swim cap doing breaststroke
Swimming

Russia take their world record total to four in one day as they storm to six gold medals

Bradley Snyder
Swimming

Day two (14 July) at the IPC Swimming Worlds will also see Russian Oleysa Vladykina and Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore replay their sensational race from the 2014 Euros.

USA Sitting Volleyball Men's Team
Sitting Volleyball

The team for August’s Parapan American Games features 11 players with World Championships experience.

David Weir
Athletics

Great Britain’s multi world and Paralympic champion tells all ahead of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final later this month.

Karen Van Nest
Archery

The four athletes will compete in open compound events 9-10 August.

Swimmers begin their race
Swimming

Two European, two Oceanian, an Americas and an Asian record are broken during qualification on Tuesday (14 July).

Two smiling women hugging
Shooting

The No. 4-ranked shooter won gold in the women’s P2 in Croatia, upsetting top-ranked compatriot Javanmardidodmani.

A visually impaired athlete swims
Swimming

Two of out six world records set on day two of the IPC Swimming World Championships fell to swimmers under the age of 18.

Man in wheelchair and woman standing pose while dancing
Para dance sport

Jongchui Choi won two of South Korea’s four gold medals in the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport New Taipei City Cup Open.

Chinese powerlifter on the bench, smiling
Powerlifting

See the world’s strongest para-athletes continue their bid for Rio 2016 qualification at the Asian Open Championships live at Almaty2015.com

A swimmer celebrates a race win and world record
Swimming

Australian Ellie Cole set her second world record of the day whilst there were three golds for the USA.

Nicolas Peifer of France and Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina pose with the winners trophy
Wheelchair Tennis

The men’s doubles final crowned new champions, while the women’s side saw a title defended.

Ellie Cole, Natalie Du Toit
Swimming

British swimmers also in excellent shape at home, with a new European record for Andrew Mullen at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Man in wheelchair poses in front of a wallpaper
Swimming

Find out what some of the fastest qualifiers had to say after the first races of the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.