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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Nepal para-table tennis
Table Tennis

ChangeMakers: One Nepalese citizen decided to use para-table tennis as way of raising awareness of para-sport and impairments through a new national association.

Souhad Ghazouani
Powerlifting

With just under one week to go until the biggest IPC Powerlifting World Championships in history, the second of a two part guide featuring the biggest male and female lifts of 2013 could indicate some faces to watch from 5-11 April.

Team Zaryen Haiti
America

ChangeMakers: ‘Team Zaryen’ football and wheelchair basketball teams provide a way for those injured in the 2010 Haiti earthquake to participate in sport and move forward together.

Sir Philip Craven after receiving the Légion d’Honneur
France

Sir Philip received the highest decoration a person can receive in France at a special ceremony in London.

Iran's Mansour Pourmirzaei
Powerlifting

With just one week to go until the biggest IPC Powerlifting World Championships in history, the first of a two part guide featuring the biggest male and female lifts of 2013 include some faces to watch from 5-11 April.

A picture of a woman in a small boat
Sailing

Nineteen para-athletes will take part in the ISAF Sailing World Cup in Mallorca, Spain.

A picture of a man swimming
Swimming

American swimmers show their dominance in the pool by breaking three world records on day one of the Spring CanAms which also serves as the US Paralympics Spring Nationals.

Grigory Murygin
Cross-Country Skiing

Take a look at the biggest rising stars in cross-country skiing and biathlon from Sochi 2014.

Canada's wheelchair curling team
Canada

Members of Canada’s Sochi 2014 Paralympic team are celebrating their return throughout the country.

Chan Yui Chong and Tam Chik Sum
Wheelchair Fencing

Two of Hong Kong’s wheelchair fencers have found the perfect matchup: each other.

Brad Ness and Alberto Pellegrini
Wheelchair Basketball

Twenty-one players have been named to Australia's team for the IWBF Men's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.

Ben Tudhope
Snowboard

Remember these names as snowboard continues to grow post-Sochi 2014 and in the lead-up to PyeongChang 2018.

Fernando Fernandes
Canoe

Fernando Fernandes and Debora Benivides were the biggest starts of the event in Sao Paulo.

Benoit Huot at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships
Swimming

Over 200 swimmers from eight countries compete in one of the highlights of the para-swimming calendar.

Vladimir Putin and Sir Philip Craven
Sochi 2014

IPC President Sir Philip Craven and IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez received the Order of Honour and Order of Friendship.

A picture of a woman skiing
Alpine Skiing

The French star was honoured for winning five titles at last year’s IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Santiago 2014
Athletics

More than 600 athletes will compete for medals in seven sports in South America.

Tokyo 2020 Executive Board
Tokyo 2020

Take a look at the newly appointed memebers of the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board.

The Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium is home to the Qatar Sports Club and will host the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships
Rio 2016

“Impressive” venues to host last major global gathering of athletes ahead of Rio 2016 from 19-28 November 2015.

Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him
Sochi 2014

Take a look at the next crop of top alpine skiers who made their Paralympic debuts at Sochi 2014.