PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair Basketball

Germany’s Mareike Adermann says that her drive to succeed has not ceased just because she won gold at London 2012.

Athletics

Switzerland’s Marcel Hug and Japan’s Tsuchida Wakako won the men’s and women’s T34/53/54 titles at the Oita Marathon.

Wheelchair Tennis

The Netherlands’ Maikel Scheffers and Jiske Griffioen won the men’s and women’s singles competition at the Nottingham Indoor wheelchair tennis tournament.

Athletics

UK Athletics confirmed that Paralympic head coach Peter Eriksson will become the nation’s Olympic coach, effective immediately.

Athletics

Switerzland’s Marcel Hug and Heinz Frei, and Japan’s Soejima Masazumi and Tsuchida Wakako will all take to the start line on Sunday in Oita City.

Haiti

More than 700 people gathered in western Haiti to raise awareness and promote Paralympic sport.

Wheelchair Tennis

Dutch world No. 2 and German world No. 3 Sabine Ellerbrock look to lead the field at this weekend’s Nottingham Indoor Wheelchair Tennis Tournament.

Great Britain

Together with the country’s Olympic medallists, all of Great Britain’s London 2012 Paralympic medallists met with Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace.

Athletics

After seeing the electric atmosphere at London 2012, USA’s Ryan Chalmers wants to replicate that awareness of Paralympic sport back home with his “Push Across America.”

Athletics

After the success Great Britain’s athletics team had at London 2012, the nation is fielding a search for the next wave of Paralympic athletes.

Sochi 2014

With 500 days until the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, here’s a brief rundown of winter sport events to keep your eyes on between now and then.

Sochi 2014

To mark 500 days until the next Paralympic Winter Games, the Sochi Organising Committee revealed its unique interactive internet project to help people with a disability.

Triathlon

With para-triathlon now a part of the Paralympic Games programme, the sport’s World Championships on Monday were bigger than ever.

Sochi 2014

With a growing interest in Paralympic sport, it is not all about the summer events. The IPC's Stuart Lieberman shares why the Paralympic Winter Games matter, too.

Para Ice Hockey

Hockey Canada is holding training camp this week in Trail, British Columbia to finalise the 2012-13 team roster.

Sochi 2014

With Tuesday (23 October) marking 500 days to go until Sochi 2014, IPC President Sir Philip Craven talks about how they could be a blueprint for future Winter Games.

VISTA

The IPC’s VISTA 2013 conference will focus on equipment and technology issues related to Paralympic sports.

Triathlon

Great Britain and USA favoured to win titles in lead-up to sport’s Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.

Great Britain

Adam Hills has signed a one-year deal with the UK’s Channel 4 to continue a series that discusses disability sport.

Athletics

IPC Athletics will train those interested in becoming Technical Officials for the sport from 1-3 February 2013 in Dortmund, Germany.