PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair Tennis

The competition will see the likes of Great Britain’s Jordanne Whiley and Japan’s Yui Kamiji and Shingo Kuneida take to the court once more.

Rio 2016

La judoca venezolana, campeona en Beijing 2008, arriesga todo por Río 2016.

Swimming

IPC Swimming’s Sport Technical Committee met to discuss the 2013-16 strategic plan and how to take the sport forward over the next years.

Swimming

James Hood will lead the national para-swimming team towards Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.

Para Ice Hockey

All countries currently participating in the sport met for the first time since the sport’s incredible success at Sochi 2014.

Judo

The agreement between the two organisations looks to continue the development of judo worldwide.

Portugal

The event, which will see IPC President Sir Philip Craven as a key speaker, will take place in Lisbon between 24-25 October.

Athletics

For the first time ever in Ireland, athletes were given the opportunity to try running blades and take part in a unique training session run by leading swimmers.

The author of ‘Sports Nutrition for Paralympic Athletes’ explains different ways for para-athletes to measure their body composition.

Triathlon

Adding to the three medal events confirmed in July, the IPC Governing Board approved the men’s PT2 and the women’s PT2 and PT5 at a meeting in Berlin, Germany.

Italy

Audience with Pope Francis part of the “Believe to be Alive” events organised by the Italian Paralympic Committee.

Tokyo 2020

Para-badminton to make its Paralympic Games debut at Tokyo 2020

Wheelchair Fencing

The wheelchair fencing Paralympic champion knows that he will face tough competition at the 2014 Asian Para Games in the battle for gold.

Goalball

The competition will take place in the capital city of Algiers in November 2015

New Zealand

Hill has been involved in para-sport since 1973 and is widely recognised as making a substantial contribution to its development in New Zealand.

Sitting Volleyball

Dutch sitting volleyball player Elvira Stinissen was elected as the new Vice Chair at the IPC’s Strategic Gathering in Berlin, Germany.

Athletics

Japanese T42 Asian Para Games champion sprinter is confident he can hold off a challenge from Thailand’s 100m World No.1.

Rio 2016

With less than two years to go, the Rio 2016 volunteer programme has already received over 100,000 applications from 180 countries.

Ban Ki-moon, Barack Obama, Angela Merkel, David Cameron, Thomas Bach and Coldplay send special anniversary messages for IPC.

Sam Ramsamy, IOC delegate member to sport for athletes with a disability, talks about what lies ahead for the IPC.