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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Australian athletes mark the launch of the Australian Paralympic Foundation.
Australia

The Australian Paralympic Foundation is the new fundraising division of the APC.

Matti Suur-Hamari took the victory in the men's SB-LL2 snowboard-cross race at the La Molina 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships
Snowboard

Finnish snowboard-cross world champion is working harder than ever during the 2015-16 World Cup season.

Canada's women's sitting volleyball team playing Cuba in the bronze medal game at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
Sitting Volleyball

The historic deal between World ParaVolley and Blue Mountains Natural Spring Water will support the last qualifying event for Rio 2016: the 2016 World ParaVolley Intercontinental.

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

Many wheelchair tennis players made their 2016 debut at the Super Series tournament in Sydney, Australia.

Young canoeist in aciton
Rio 2016

Canoe will debut at the Paralympics in Rio. Here are five questions to think about as the Games come closer.

Man holding up an American flag
Rio 2016

With Rio 2016 fast approaching we look at which world records could fall in Paralympic year.

a male from Germany wearing red and black clothes competing in the long jump
Athletics

Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm will take on Olympic champion Greg Rutherford at the world’s number one indoor athletics grand prix

Two graphics with ice sledge hockey results, illustrated by photos
Para Ice Hockey

Canada blanks South Korea, the US edge Russia on day two of tournament play. Preliminary rounds wrap up 20 January for first-place slot.

Podium with three men smiling.
Alpine Skiing

The Russian posted the fastest run in the men’s giant slalom standing to take first on day two of the World Cup.

Podium of six people in front of a branded wall
Alpine Skiing

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
Summer Sports

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
Canoe

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
Swimming

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

Two graphics showing sledge hockey results
Para Ice Hockey

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
Snowboard

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

Marie Bochet
Alpine Skiing

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.
Blind Football

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

Grigorios Polychronidis
Boccia

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
Wheelchair Rugby

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