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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Chan Yui Chong
Wheelchair Fencing

Hong Kong star Chan Yui Chong says her country will be disappointed not to be amongst the medals in the wheelchair fencing team event at the Asian Para Games.

Wheelchair racers on the track of a stadium
America

The University of Illinois has a track record of producing Paralympic gold medallists.

Logo of the Incheon 2014 Para Asian Games
Democratic People's Republic of Korea

It will be the first time that North Korea have competed in a multi-sport Para-Games organised by South Korea.

China's Yujiao Tan of China celebrates winning silver in the women's -67.50 kg powerlifting at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Powerlifting

World champion hopes to beat her own world record at the Asian Para Games by lifting over 132kg.

Iran National Paralympic Week 2013
Iran

The celebrations will take place across the country between 10-16 October.

Maria Lyle at Swansea 2014
Athletics

Great Britain’s Lyle, at just 14-years-old, claimed two gold medals at the IPC Athletics European Championships.

Ottobock partners with German Wheelchair Basketball national teams
Wheelchair Basketball

The IPC worldwide partner will supply the national teams with top class wheelchair basketball equipment.

Iranian athletes at Damavand Mountain
Iran

The climbers, made up of people with varying impairments, climbed to the 5,671m high summit in celebration of the IPC’s 25th anniversary.

Helene Ripa
Cross-Country Skiing

Swedish cross-country skiing star has taken up mountain bike orienteering to be in the best possible shape for the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships

Archery - Fact of the week
Archery

To mark the International Paralympic Committees 25th anniversary, World Archery has selected its top eight moments.

Sweden Goalball Men Team
Sweden

The long-term partnership with sponsoring consultant Generate looks to create better conditions towards the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Many people in a room with some holding white signs
Mongolia

The celebrations took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Paralympic Committee

A picture of a Nordic skiing finish line.
Cross-Country Skiing

Organisers for the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships are seeking major sponsors to partner with for Cable 2015.

Allianz fact of the week KW 39 fencing

During a contest the fencers’ wheelchairs are fastened into medal frames on the floor, allowing freedom of the upper body only.

Dariusz Pender
Wheelchair Fencing

After a short interlude, the world's best wheelchair fencers return to competition at the Grand Prix in Warsaw, Poland later this month.

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

New Zealand’s Mary Fisher is balancing her hectic training schedule preparing for Rio 2016 with studying for a degree.

Dutch athlete with his fist in the air
Rio 2016

The Dutch ace excels in both para-cycling and para-triathlon and is aiming to become the world’s best in both at Rio 2016

Romario Diego MARQUES, Brazilian team blocks
Rio 2016

Athletes from eight sports who had won international medals in 2014 were invited to a special event at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia, Brazil.

Fireworks during the closing ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
London 2012

The London 2012 Paralympic Games were the best ever, breaking multiple records and inspiring a generation.

Four people with prothesis sprinting
Athletics

Reigning Paralympic and World Champion Heinrich Popow leads a three day running clinic in China to give amputees the skills to improve their freedom of movement and independence.