Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Canada ice sledge hockey

Billy Bridges netted a hat trick in Canada’s 10-0 victory against Norway in the first of their three-game exhibition series.

Changing lives through sport

The IPC contributed to the fourth edition of the UNOSDP Youth Leadership Camp in Doha, where 29 young people from Africa and the Middle East developed a vision to improve their communities through sport.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair serving during a tennis match

The athletes competing in the first wheelchair tennis Grand Slam of 2013 were revealed.

A picture of a man in a sledge skiing

Japan’s Kozo Kubo won the men’s long distance biathlon to maintain first place in the 2012-13 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup rankings.

Jochen Wollmert

International Fair Play Committee (CIFP) rewards the German table tennis player for his fair behaviour at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

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Sam Ingram, a London 2012 silver medallist, will compete against fully sighted judokas this weekend at the British Championships.

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Members of all 28 para-sports will gather in Bonn, Germany to discuss London 2012 and how to push the Paralympic Movement even further.

Greg Westlake

Canadian ice sledge hockey captain Greg Westlake looks to improve his skill set on the ice heading into the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships.

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The Glasgow 2014 organising committee is now accepting applications for 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteers.

Shingo Kunieda

Japan’s Shingo Kunieda won his 20th Super Series title, while the Netherlands’ Jiske Griffioen claimed her third in Sydney.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

The IPC has launched the official event websites for this season’s Ice Sledge Hockey A and B Pool World Championships.

Brian McKeever

Despite a lack of snow, cross-country skiers from Norway, Germany and Canada had top finishes at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Cable, Wisconsin, USA.

Germany ice sledge hockey

This week, take a minute to get to know Dutch-born ice sledge hockey player Bas Disveld, who is one of Germany’s leading forwards.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

The IPC has launched the official event websites for this season’s Ice Sledge Hockey A and B Pool World Championships.

A picture of a man skiing a biathlon

Canada and Norway each won two cross-country races on the third day of the 2012-13 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Cable, Wisconsin, USA.

Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher with guide Charlotte Evans

BPA Performance Director Penny Briscoe will lead the British team into the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Lex Gillette

USA’s visually impaired sprinter and long jumper shares how staying in your lane isn’t just a concept that applies to athletes.

Jonnie Peacock

Doha will stage the last major gathering of international top athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

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The 2013 US Paralympics athletics roster will be led by London Paralympic champions Jeremy Campbell, Raymond Martin, Tatyana McFadden and Shirley Reilly.

Jonnie Peacock

Doha will stage the last major gathering of international top athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.