Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Kazuhiro Tsuga and Tsutomu Tomioka were appointed Vice Presidents by the Organising Committee.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The Australian will line up at next week’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Canberra, hoping to show why she is a favourite for Rio gold.

Lex Gillette

Financial burdens alieved for four blind athletes and their two guides as they focus on training for Rio 2016.

Two men in wheelchairs playing tennis.

Semifinal matches wrapped up, setting the stage for Saturday’s Grand Slam finals.

Female skier skiing downhill

The World Cup in Tignes concluded with two super-G events.

Man in yellow training suit raising his arms

The Parapan American Games champion died on Wednesday night just days after setting a new Americas record.

athlete with a silver medal

The city of Moncton will host the first-ever national Championships 19-20 May.

Helene Ripa

The Swede thought she had got silver in the long distance cross-country at Sochi 2014, before she realised she had gone one better.

IPC Athletics has opened the bid process for the 2019 World Championships.

The 2019 event will be one of the last major international para-athletics events before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

wheelchair dance

Two new events have been added to the programme whilst Turkey make their first steps into the sport.

Man in wheelchair playing tennis

Reid to face Gerard for title, while women’s singles finals will be an all-Dutch showdown.

Three women alpine skiers pose with their medals from a World Cup

French Paralympic and world champion Marie Bochet wins her latest race at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France.

Podium with three teams

Ryan Cockbill, James Bevis and Tim Jefferey clinch team rifle gold on concluding day of IPC Shooting World Cup in Al Ain, UAE.

View on a biathlon stadium, covered with snow

The Asia Cup will get underway on Thursday (28 January) as athletes get the chance to experience the venue for the next Paralympic Winter Games.

Spanish PC Logo

The agreements will help support Spanish athletes financially, among others, ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Man in wheelchair, hitting a ball with a tennis racket

Aniek Van Koot advances to semi-finals in women’s division.

Mac Marcoux

Austria’s Paralympic champion Marcus Salcher also secures his first World Cup victory in the opening speed races of the season.

A man wearing a navy shirt playing table tennis

Table tennis star Will Bayley is the top-ranked player in one of the most competitive classes heading into Rio 2016.

alpine skiing

More than 24 athletes took part in assessments at an IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Slovenia aiming to improve the classification system.

Chuck Aoki

The wheelchair rugby player shares why he is conflicted when being told that people ‘forget he uses a wheelchair.’