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20-23 September

VISTA 2017 - News

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Matt Skelhon, Iurii Stoiev and Andrii Doroshenko

Great Britain and Ukraine had strong showings at the first IPC Shooting World Cup of 2014, registering their intent for this summer’s World Championships.

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For the second straight year, the world’s best wheelchair tennis doubles players will travel to the USA in November.

A stunning view of Rio from Sugar Loaf Mountain

Delegation visits venues and discusses the ongoing work to bring the world to Rio for the 2016 Paralympic Games.

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Take a brief look at the first of five events being highlighted ahead of the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

Ghana ChangeMakers

Francis Amedor from the Ghana Society for the Physically Disabled has helped to establish new projects, in partnership with the Danish Paralympic Committee, which have helped children and their parents not only to play sport but with equipment, legal rights and equality for people with impairments.

Tatyana McFadden

The American wheelchair racer turned cross-country skier looks back at reuniting her two families in Russia, where she won a silver medal.

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ChangeMakers: Efren Andres Galvan Rangel decided to establish his own website and Facebook page to keep Mexicans informed about para-sport in their own language.

Sport 4 Socialisation Zimbabwe

An innovative project, Sport 4 Socialisation, uses sport to break down barriers and perceptions of ability in Zimbabwe.

Football for all in Vietnam

ChangeMakers: Ngo Huu Ky Phong shows how an accessible football project is helping Vietnamese children to develop skills as well as character.

Professional ChangeMaker

ChangeMakers: Namibian Ambrose Trust Mutongomanya was inspired by his experience of volunteering within para-sport to make a difference through his company when in full-time work.

Ricardo Costa de Oliveira of Brasil

Athletes from six different sports participated in a team camp in Limerick in preparation for the next Paralympic Games.

Wheelchair tennis Yemen

ChangeMakers: The International Tennis Federation conducted a study of it’s development fund and found that wheelchair tennis leads to ‘numerous’ psychological and social benefits.

Nepal para-table tennis

ChangeMakers: One Nepalese citizen decided to use para-table tennis as way of raising awareness of para-sport and impairments through a new national association.

Team Zaryen Haiti

ChangeMakers: ‘Team Zaryen’ football and wheelchair basketball teams provide a way for those injured in the 2010 Haiti earthquake to participate in sport and move forward together.

Souhad Ghazouani

With just under one week to go until the biggest IPC Powerlifting World Championships in history, the second of a two part guide featuring the biggest male and female lifts of 2013 could indicate some faces to watch from 5-11 April.

Sir Philip Craven after receiving the Légion d’Honneur

Sir Philip received the highest decoration a person can receive in France at a special ceremony in London.

Iran's Mansour Pourmirzaei

With just one week to go until the biggest IPC Powerlifting World Championships in history, the first of a two part guide featuring the biggest male and female lifts of 2013 include some faces to watch from 5-11 April.

A picture of a woman in a small boat

Nineteen para-athletes will take part in the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Mallorca, Spain.

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American swimmers show their dominance in the pool by breaking three world records on day one of the Spring CanAms which also serves as the US Paralympics Spring Nationals.

Grigory Murygin

Take a look at the biggest rising stars in cross-country skiing and biathlon from Sochi 2014.