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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Panfeng Feng
Shooting

Nominees for the IPC Athlete of the Month award include: Robert Davies, Panfeng Feng, Natascha Hiltrop, Witsanu Huadpradit, Jonas Jacobsson and Seung-Hwan Jung.

France's Stephane Houdet, left, defeated Shingo Kunieda for the 2013 Roland Garros men's singles titles, and just hours later partnered with him to win the doubles title.
Wheelchair Tennis

Shingo Kunieda, Jiske Griffioen and David Wagner will try to defend their titles at the final major wheelchair tennis event of the year.

Chinese powerlifter Yujiao Tan
Powerlifting

China’s Yujiao Tan was one of four athletes to smash world records on day three of the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships, a key event on the road to Rio.

A picture of a man pushing a smal ball with a metal arm hooked to his head
Boccia

The 2014 BISFed Boccia World Championships are expected to showcase 180 athletes from 30 countries.

Ali Jawad
Powerlifting

Nigeria and Great Britain set new world records on day two of the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships.

Members of the IPC and PyeongChang2018 Organising Committee celebrate the signing of the 2018 Excellence Programme
Rio 2016

Agreement to make sure knowledge and expertise is transferred between Organising Commitees of Paralympic Games and will mean Games are constantly improving.

Iuliia Batenkova
Wheelchair Curling

Organising Committee to minimise the Games' impact on the climate.

FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° with World ParaVolley President Dr. Hossam Eldin Mostafa (right) and Sport Director Denis Le Breuilly
Sitting Volleyball

Presidents of FIVB and World ParaVolley explore possibility of working together.

Nigeria's Yakubu Adesokan winning gold at London 2012
Powerlifting

Nigeria's Paralympic champion Yakubu Adesokan obliterates world record lifting more than three times his bodyweight.

Tatyana McFadden
Athletics

The USA’s Tatyana McFadden and Switzerland’s Marcel Hug won the wheelchair events at the New York City Marathon.

Tatyana McFadden
Athletics

There will be 27 Paralympians lining up at this weekend’s New York City Marathon.

IPC Honorary Board member Princess Margriet of the Netherlands meets members of the Dutch wheelchair basketball team.
Sochi 2014

IPC Honorary Board member Princess Margriet visits Dutch Paralympic athletes at Papendal.

A picture of a man powerlifter on a bench celebrating with his hands up
Powerlifting

The event in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, will be the last major stop for powerlifters prior to next year’s World Championships.

Paralympic Order medal
Wheelchair Rugby

Find out which four individuals have made the biggest contributions to the Paralympic Movement.

Alana Nichols
Sochi 2014

Around 77 athletes expected to represent Team USA next March in Russia.

Timur Tuchinov
Archery

The field of medal contenders is wide open for the World Archery Para-Championships, which begin on Friday (1 November).

Japan at Asian Para Youth Games
People's Republic of China

The Asian Youth Para Games came to a close, with Japan, Iran and China finishing in the top three in the medal standings.

Finland's Petri Posio and Erkki Miinala block the ball during their gold-medal match at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. After winning Paralympic gold, the Finnish squad will now host the 2014 World Championships.
Goalball

Finland’s men and Denmark’s women will enter next week’s event as the favourites to win European titles.

2013 Asian Youth Para Games
Japan

With a day to go, Japan, Iran and China lead the medal standings at the Asian Youth Para Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

Zahra Nemati
Archery

With more Muslim women taking part in Paralympic sport, Iran is leading the way to inspire female athletes to get involved.