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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Table Tennis

The month was packed with winter sports, including two World Championships.

Graphic with three women sprinting
Athletics

The world champion sprinter who set a sensational new 100m world record last year shares her musical tastes.

Upper body of woman celebrating
Snowboard

Athletes will compete at Les Angles in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom between 8-12 March.

Manuela Schär and Ernst Van Dyk
Athletics

The South African and Swiss racers will headline a strong field on Sunday 20 March.

Man with prosthetic leg doing shot put
Athletics

The British two-time world champion added 15cm to his previous best.

Aerial view of the Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo 2020

The Organising Committee now have 28 Tokyo 2020 Partners, including 13 Official Partners.

Man in wheelchair curling
Wheelchair Curling

The Sochi 2014 hosts have now won the world title three times in the last five years.

A football 7-a-side player celebrates scoring a goal
Football 7-a-side

Midfielder Matt Crossen is excited about the tournament which will see his team face fellow Rio 2016 qualifiers.

Darko Duric
Slovenia

Part of one of Europe’s biggest retail chains will support Slovenian Paralympians and raise awareness of para-sports.

A Russian wheelchair curler celebrates progressing to the gold medal game
Wheelchair Curling

At the World Wheelchair Curling Worlds the page play-offs began with the 1v2 game between Norway and Russia and the 3v4 game between South Korea and Switzerland.

Athlete with ear phones takes aim in biathlon.
Biathlon

Competition in the World Cup is heating up following the last day of racing in Finsterau, Germany, with only one edition left.

Pavlos Mamalos of Greece reacts with intense joy as he competes in the Men's -90 kg Powerlifting event.
Powerlifting

Pavlos Mamalos and Keun Bae Chun were the leaders at the last opportunity for athletes to improve their place in the rankings for Rio 2016.

Two women's standing skiers cross the line at exactly the same time
Cross-Country Skiing

A close finish between Ukrainian world champion Oleksandra Kononova and Russian Paralympic champion Anna Milenina in the women’s standing stuns in Finsterau, Germany.

Jim Armstrong; Canada Skip and his team on the ice
Wheelchair Curling

The twelfth session of round-robin play featured the two remaining games, China v USA and Germany v Canada. The session would end with victories for China and Canada.

Bank Ki-moon stood behind a podium addressing the IOC session.

Ban Ki-moon said ‘mega’ sports such as the Paralympics have potential to advance peace, human rights. United Nations

USA's Danelle and Rob Umstead raise the 2015-16 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup globe for women's slalom visually impaired
Alpine Skiing

After the final slalom race of the 2015-16 World Cup season, globes were awarded to USA’s Danelle Umstead, France’s Marie Bochet, Germany’s Anna-Lena Forster, Japan’s Taiki MoriiI, and Russia’s Valerii Redkozubov and Aleksei Bugaev.

Wheelchair curler on the ice with team in the background
Wheelchair Curling

After five days of competition, the hosts Switzerland remain undefeated in Lucerne.

Anna Milenina at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Cross-Country Skiing

Two wins and a further nine podiums for the team, but the USA’s Oksana Masters sneaks in a victory in Finsterau, Germany.

IBSA Goalball
Goalball

Eight women’s teams, five men’s teams are set to compete for Rio 2016.

Russia’s world champion Valerii Redkozubov, guided by Evgeny Geroev, took the race win and overall crown in the men’s visually impaired.
Alpine Skiing

A dramatic conclusion to the giant slalom races in the World Cup saw the leader board juggled around in Aspen, USA.