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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Swimming

Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Russia’s Oleysa Vladykina both won women’s breaststroke gold, touching in at the same time to both take gold as three world records were also broken at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Dressed in green and seated in a wheelchair, a player looks on as another lies face down with his wheel broken from his chair.
Wheelchair Rugby

The big four of USA, Australia, Canada and Japan all got thier world title bids off to a good start on Tuesday in Odense, Denmark.

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Swimming

U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.

Ricardo Costa de Oliveira of Brasil
Athletics

Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.

British swimmer Stephanie Slater comes up for a breath of air.
Swimming

Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.

Toronto 2015 emblem
America

Meet the athletes in the "Are you Ready?" trailer

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Swimming

Nederlanders grijpen naast eremetaal.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up
Swimming

Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung, Great Britain’s Eleanor Simmonds and the hosts’ very own Marc Evers and Marlou van der Kulk will all be in action on day three (6 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Ihar Boki
Swimming

At his first outing in Eindhoven, Belarusian Ihar Boki stormed to gold in 50m freestyle S3 – an event he has struggled with in the past.

Elodie Lorandi
Swimming

A series of top-level women’s events will headline Thursday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships with world and Paralympic champions competing.

Toronto 2015
America

A French player wearing blue collides with his German opponent during a wheelchair rugby game.
Wheelchair Rugby

A semi-final spot is on the line when Canada meet Great Britain, in the highlight of Thursday's game in Odense, Denmark.

An aerial view of the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Rio 2016

Construction across the four competition zones is progressing, with 55 per cent of venues now ready.

A Danish player wearing red loses control of the white ball as he is sandwiched between two Australian players wearing green.
Wheelchair Rugby

Australia, Canada, Japan and USA remained unbeaten after Wednesday’s fixtures.

Joann Formosa
Equestrian

Australia will be sending four riders and their horses to the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014, including one Paralympic gold medallist.

Ronald Hertog Opening Ceremony London
Athletics

Dutch T44 athlete will aims for success in the long jump, 100m and 200m at the IPC Athletics European Championships.

A Dutch swimmers celebrates winning gold at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships
Swimming

5 male and female athletes in British jerseys stand and sit (in wheelchairs) next to each others in front of a black wall. Behind them is the logo: Swansea 2014. It's coming. Be part of it.
Athletics

Following interest from the Commonwealth Games, ticket sales for the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships are fast selling out.

Maddison Elliott
Swimming

The 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships will feature a host of top stars, with swimmers competing from a total of 19 countries.

Swimmers start a backstroke race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.
Swimming

Day two at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, will feature the debut of the mixed 4x50 freestyle relay 20 points.