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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two women in wheelchairs with tennis rackets during a match
London 2012

November’s event will feature 20 of the world’s best wheelchair tennis players.

Zak Madell
Wheelchair Rugby

After a bumper month of sport in August, the nominations will be split into three categories beginning with Best Male.

Classification experts from all across the Paralympic Movement met in Bonn, Germany between 18-23 August 2014.

Meetings took place across six days to review version one of the IPC Classification Code.

Trischa Zorn
Athens 2004

When US swimmer Trischa Zorn won her 55th and final Paralympic medal at the Athens 2004 Games, she cemented her place in the record books as the most decorated Paralympian in history.

Classification assessment

It was not until 2007 that the first universal code regarding classification was published for the benefit of the Paralympic Movement.

Sarah Storey
Cycling

Of the six women’s world titles up for grabs on Sunday US and British women won five of them.

Stephane Houdet
Wheelchair Tennis

The French defending champion believe any of the top wheelchair tennis players can win the US Open title which starts on Thursday.

Margareta Israelsson Chair of Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee
Sweden

Israelsson elected chair of the Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee at an extraordinary meeting

Ernst van Dyk
Cycling

Hosts USA finish the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships atop of the medals table after five days of thrilling competition

Men in suits in a conversation with two women in wheelchairs
Republic of Korea

The Asian Para Games will take place in Incheon, Korea, between 18-24 October.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forhand during a wheelchair tennis match.
Wheelchair Tennis

Dutch wheelchair tennis ace launches biography ‘Fierce and Vulnerable’

Korean judoka Gwang-Geun Choi
Boccia

With three World Championships taking place, September 2014 is set to be another bumper month of para-sport.

Two swimmers smile at each other after competing at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships
Wheelchair Rugby

August 2014 was another amazing month of para-sport, with nine major Championships taking place

A picture of a man skiing
Swimming

Cyclists, swimmers and representatives of Spanish para-sport also set to receive gold silver and bronze medals through the Spanish Royal Order of Sports Merit.

Germany's Andrea Eskau recevies her gold medal after winning the women's H4 road race at the London 2012 Paralympic Games at Brands Hatch.
Cycling

Saturday's 12 time trial world titles in Greenville, USA, were spread across nine countries with Germany and USA winning two apiece.

A picture of men ready to swim
Triathlon

The World Triathlon Grand Finals took place in Edmonton, Canada, on Saturday 30 August.

Mariann Marthinsen
Cross-Country Skiing

At the 2015 Worlds, Norwegian cross-country Paralympic champion Mariann Marthinsen is looking to seal the gold medal that equipment failure led her to miss-out on.

Tennis match between David Cameron and Boris Johnson at IPD

International Paralympic Day started in Bonn, Germany, in 2003 and has since taken in capital cities such as Berlin and London raising the profile of para-sport.

Allison Jones Performing
Cycling

Whilst USA won four golds at the UCI World Championships, there were also wins for Great Britain, Germany, Japan, Australia, Czech Republic, Ireland, Italy and Ukraine.

Beijing 2008
Equestrian

Great Britain finish the competition on top of the medals table as new stars emerge.