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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Talisson Glock Montreal 2013
Swimming

Americans Kayla Wheeler and Robert Griswold and Brazilians Daniel Dias and Talisson Glock tear down regional records in Edmonton, Canada.

Little girls plays with football
Football 7-a-side

Nottingham 2015 CPISRA World Games announces female CP Football camp

Tokyo 2020 react to the news that they have won the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games
Summer Sports

Host city of the 2024 Games to be selected in the summer of 2017

Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him
Alpine Skiing

More than 40 athletes will gather for the very first high-level race of the season from 9-10 December.

Blindfolded women and man crossing a finish line in a stadium
Athletics

In front of a passionate home crowd, Clegg and Huggins won Scotland’s first Commonwealth track medal for 20 years

Young girl in a sled on the ice, smiling to the camera
Para Ice Hockey

Teenager scored four goals in the final as USA won the first ever IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Women’s International Cup.

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Para Ice Hockey

The international governing bodies of ice sledge hockey and able-bodied hockey have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to promote and progress sledge hockey.

Two women posing for a photo, one with riding clothes
Equestrian

Margaret Duprey is aiming to raise USD 800,000 to help the US team in the lead-up to Rio 2016

A spectacular view of with Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Summer Sports

Joint IPC and ITU project is aiming to make future Paralympic Games even more accessible to TV viewers

A woman raises her arms in celebration.

Elections, awards, nominations, technology and new publications all dominated the news this week.

Ukrainian Ihor Reptyukh skis at Sochi 2014 followed closely by a competitor
Sochi 2014

Ukrainian cross-country world champion Ihor Reptyukh cannot wait to get started on the road to Cable 2015 at the first World Cup of 2014-15.

Germany player reaches for the ball from Canadian player
Canada

After finishing sixth at London 2012, the Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball team made more than amends at the World Championships.

Canads's Brad Bowden and the USA's Josh Sweeney race for the puck during Sochi 2014.
Para Ice Hockey

USA goaltender Steve Cash also predicts a ‘good tilt’ at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A-Pool Worlds in April.

Sherif Osman holds up his gold medal smiling
Powerlifting

Egyptian powerlifter Sherif Othman broke his own world record four times at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships and plans to make his debut in a higher weight category in 2015.

Female cross country skier behind a male cross country skier with orange bib on a track
Judo

Athletes and team members were recognised at the IX Return to Life Awards and a new fully accessible headquarters was opened in Moscow.

boy skiing with coach
Alpine Skiing

The latest IPC Alpine Skiing youth races will also feature education for young athletes.

Mary Fisher, NZL, competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Montreal
Swimming

The para-swimmer has won the national award for her dedication both in and out of the pool

A picture of a woman crossing a finish line after a triathlon race
Triathlon

A squad of 12 elite para-triathletes has been named by Great Britain as Rio 2016 fast approaches.

Man and woman sign a form standing on a table

All IBSA athletes must be registered on the new system by 1 January 2015.

Two skiers on a podium with a women presenting them their medals

To mark International Women’s Day, the IPC is calling on its Members to nominate someone who embodies the spirit of the Paralympics and inspires women within it.