PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Eight Paralympic medallists part of team sent to Lyon 2013.

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Paralympic and World Champions from Canada, Brazil, Great Britain and the USA put their names to anti-doping day at IPC Swimming World Champs.

Brazil

Andrew Parsons currently serves as a Member at Large of the IPC Governing Board.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Football 7-a-side

This month’s Intercontinental Cup will serve as a qualification tournament for the CPISRA Football 7-a-Side World Championships.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Italian Assunta Legnante sets season's best in shot put ahead of World Champs and aims for a podium in the discus.

Iran

UN Special Advsior Wilfried Lemke met with NPC Iran to discuss the organisation’s successes and development initiatives.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Brazilian Paralympic champion Alan Fonteles Oliveira is targeting world records in France at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Poland

Slawomir Okoniewski suspended for three months for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Wheelchair Basketball

Inge Huitzing’s 24-point performance helped the Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team take the European title this year.

London 2012

Sporting events consultancy appointed to carry out a strategic, independant review of London 2012.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Eighty-six of the 98 countires competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships will arrive in the city on Monday (15 July).

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Brazilian world and Paralympic champion wants to go faster than ever before.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

German smashes Australian's world record ahead of world title showdown on 26 July

Judo

Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillis won the men’s -90kg category at both the IBSA Parapan American Championships and USA Judo International Championships.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Hannah Cockroft’s father on what it was like for him seeing his daughter win gold at London 2012, and what has changed going into Lyon 2013.

Equestrian

A small group of Australian dressage riders are spending the summer in Europe to prepare for major international equestrian events.

The latest edition features the vicious cycle of athlete funding on the road to Rio 2016, as well as a preview of major summer sporting events.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

1,100 athletes from 99 countries set to compete in 207 medal events and media and broadcasters from 25 countries will provide coverage.

Athletics

Four Paralympic champions hope to bring more titles back to Tunisia from the IPC Athletics World Championships.