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PARA CYCLING NEWS

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Cycling

Emma Foy and Laura Fairweather and give an insight into a typical day as they prepare for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

USA cycling
Cycling

Highlights of the 2015 season will include World Championships in track and road para-cycling

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Cycling

Spanish para-cyclists star in new TV campaign which aims to show Cofidis’ commitment to Paralympic sport

Matt Formston and Michael Curran
Rio 2016

Invercargill, New Zealand, stages its first ever UCI Para-Cycling C1 Track event

Female cross country skier behind a male cross country skier with orange bib on a track
Judo

Athletes and team members were recognised at the IX Return to Life Awards and a new fully accessible headquarters was opened in Moscow.

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Cycling

Czech world champion received prestigious award from the Czech Cycling Federation

Women in hand-bike racing on a road
Cycling

Handcycling world champions were amongst the 15 winners at the 2014 ceremony held in Johannesburg.

Ernst van Dyk
Wheelchair Tennis

World champion handcyclist is shortlisted on Sunday for Sports Star of the Year and Sportsman of the Year with a Disability at the SA Sport Awards.

Wearing blue lycra outfits, two men lie in their handcycles on an open road with hills in the background.
Athletics

Ahead of the 2015 season, 17 Belgian athletes have enjoyed a week long training camp in Lanzarote.

Two men in hand cycles cross the finish line one after another. The first one celebrates.
Cycling

The para-cycling H5 category has become one of the most fiercely contested in sport, with three athletes trading blows to become the best.

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Cycling

Australia’s Michael Gallagher and the USA’s Jamie Whitmore were amongst those athletes who broke 23 world records at the Para-Cycling Track World Championships.

Three Chinese athletes standing on the podium
Cycling

The Chinese para-cyclist was dominant on both the track and road, winning three Asian Para Games titles in South Korea.

Fiona Southorn
Cycling

New Zealand para-cyclist Fiona Southorn has announced her retirement from cycling, but may turn her attentions to a new sport for Rio.

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Sochi 2014

The 12 athletes, who have excelled during 2014, were honoured during a special ceremony held by the Swiss Paralympic Committee.

Wheelchair dance sport - Osipov and Ryzhkova of Russia
Boccia

After another incredible month of para-sport, the public has the chance to vote for who they feel was the top athlete over the past month.

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Football 7-a-side

September saw another huge month of para-sport, with numerous World Championships taking place.

Dutch athlete with his fist in the air
Rio 2016

The Dutch ace excels in both para-cycling and para-triathlon and is aiming to become the world’s best in both at Rio 2016

Man on a track holding a handbike above his head and smiling
London 2012

On 5 September 2012, 21 years after he last raced there in Formula 3000, a laughing Alex Zanardi hoisted his handcycle aloft at Brands Hatch and punched the air after winning double gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Sarah Storey
Cycling

Of the six women’s world titles up for grabs on Sunday US and British women won five of them.

Ernst van Dyk
Cycling

Hosts USA finish the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships atop of the medals table after five days of thrilling competition