Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Beatrice Vio duelling with Dani Gyongi at the 2013 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix

Italian Beatrice Vio continues her rapid rise in the sport by taking the category B foil title in Lonato.

Two men playing goalball at the Algerian Goalball Championships 2013

The game of goalball is continuing to excel in Algeria, after the national side was knocked out of the quarter-finals by Turkey at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Carl Murphy

Carl Murphy speaks about raised standards of riding ahead of Sochi 2014.

A picture of women in the pool touching the wall with their hands

Main players set the bar high ahead of Swimming World Championships in August.

Wheelchair dancers in flashmob

Passers-by in Baku, Azerbaijan, were surprised to see wheelchair dancers participating in a flashmob organised by the National Paralympic Committee.

A picture of a woman showing her gold medal during a medal ceremony

Hurricane Hannah knocks 0.06 seconds off own time.

A picture of a woman putting the swimming cap on her head

New Zealander talks of her preparation for Montreal 2013 and looking towards Rio.

Powerlifting - men's -107kg, +107kg - 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships Aleksin

Iraq’s Faris Al-Ajeeli and Azerbaijan’s Elshan Huseynov recorded the heaviest lifts in Aleksin to close out the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

David Wagner

USA win title at BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Turkey

Souhad Ghazouani

French Paralympic champion Souhad Ghazouani lifted four kilograms more at the IPC Powerlifting Euros than at the Paralympics.

Aleksin 2013

Juan Carlos Garrido wants to get Chile’s powerlifting squad on the right track this year in order to eventually qualify for Rio 2016.

Jochen Wollmert

Top names such as Jochen Wollmert, David Wetherill and Kelly van Zon will be among the 300 competing in Germany this week.

Wheechair Basketball Men game - Great Britain vs Australia

British men's wheelchair basketball team to face Canada, Spain and Germany in mid-June

Brazil football 5-a-side

Brazil’s football 5-a-side goalkeeper from London 2012 Fabio Luiz Ribeiro de Vasconcelos is the team’s new coach for 2013.

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Brazil are working to form further opportunities for athletes with an impairment in their country, including opportunities for them to participate in winter sports.

Martina Barbierato

Italian powerlifter Martina Barbierato became a star in a day, winning two bronze medals and a gold in Aleksin, Russia.

Russia powerlifting

Host nation Russia set three new world records on the third day of the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

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Russian powerlifting team

Holding the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Russia offers the nation a small window to expose para-sport in the Tula reigon.

A picture of a woman with her body above the floor

Paralympic champion to compete at BT Great CityGames.