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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Great Britain's T12 athlete Libby Clegg
Athletics

Seven London 2012 medallists will take part in Saturday’s British Athletics Glasgow International Match at Emirates Arena.

A picture of men sitting in a sledge celebrating their victory in a hockey match.
Para Ice Hockey

On the first day of the USA Hockey Sled Cup, Korea beat Russia and USA’s national team beat the country’s development team.

A picture of two men in sledges playing ice hockey
Para Ice Hockey

Canadian ice sledge hockey forward Brad Bowden is trying to return to his younger self from a decade ago to get into the right mindset for this season’s World Championships in Korea.

A man with a silver helmet and red jersey leans forward on his racing wheelchair
VISTA

The IPC Scientific Award will be presented to a top academic researcher at May’s VISTA conference in Bonn, Germany.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace
Para Ice Hockey

USA’s national team and development team, as well as national teams from Korea and Russia will compete in the USA Hockey Sled Cup this week.

A man with a silver helmet and red jersey leans forward on his racing wheelchair
VISTA

The IPC Scientific Award will be presented to a top academic researcher at May’s VISTA conference in Bonn, Germany.

A picture of three mens and one woman standing and applausing
Spain

By unanimous vote, Miguel Carballeda was chosen to serve another four years as President of Spain’s National Paralympic Committee.

Thomas Pfyl
2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

With the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships ahead, Switzerland’s Thomas Pfyl has poise on the slopes, backed up by a top coach and polished technique.

Kurt Fearnley
Athletics

Fearnley's speech broadcast live to the whole of Australia

Russia's Nadezda Andreeva arrives at Heathrow airport ahead of London 2012 Paralympic Games
Cross-Country Skiing

After two events, Russia is dominating the biathlon rankings ahead of the Sochi 2012-2013 World Cup Finals, which will also be a Paralympic Games Test Event.

Bibian Mentel-Spee
Sochi 2014

The world’s top para-snowboarders will meet in Sochi in March, for the first ever Paralympic test event in the discipline.

Ozzie Sawicki
Sochi 2014

Accomplished coach and sport leader Ozzie Sawicki will be Canada’s Chef de Mission for the Sochi 2014 Games.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair racing during an athletics event
Athletics

Paralympian's 2013 Australia Day Address in full - a must read - a huge speech from a huge character.

Aled Davies
Athletics

The Daily Telegraph’s sports reporter Gareth A Davies takes time to reflect on what the London 2012 Games meant to the Paralympic Movement.

A picture of man in a wheelchair playing a forehand in a tennis match
Wheelchair Tennis

The Australian Open draw put London 2012 gold medallist Shingo Kunieda against defending tournament champion Maikel Scheffers.

A picture of a two men in sledges playing ice hockey
Para Ice Hockey

Greg Westlake and Karl Ludwig both recorded hat trick’s in Canada’s 7-1 win against Norway in the final game of their exhibition series.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing
Sochi 2014

Thomas Jacobsen, former captain of Norway’s ice sledge hockey team, is now trying to qualify for Sochi 2014 in alpine skiing.

A picture of a woman swimming
Swimming

Jessica Long, who won eight medals in nine events at London 2012, headlines the list of 16 athletes who made the US Paralympics Swimming National A Team.

A picture in a wheelchair celebrating a victory
Wheelchair Basketball

Jon Pollock, captain of Great Britain’s wheelchair basketball team, is leaving the sport as an athlete but hopes to return to the court as a coach.

Russia's Alexandr Alyabyev at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in St Moritz, Switzerland
Alpine Skiing

After two events, the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup now moves to Slovenia before culminating in Sochi for the finals.