IPC Swimming World Championships
13-19 July

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Santiago 2014

More than 600 athletes will compete for medals in seven sports in South America.

Aquatics Centre

Potential organisers have until 31 August to bid to host two of the biggest competitions in the para-sport calendar which will take place in the two years after Rio 2016.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

Code will be effective from 1 January 2015 and was unanimously approved by WADA Foundation Board.

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Fans and media can find out everything they need to know about the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, and media can register to cover the event.

Jessica Long

An NBC Olympics production crew accompanied the American Paralympic champion to Russia to meet her birth family.

Sir Philip Craven shakes hands with the wife of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.

Ban Ki-moon and Sir Philip Craven talk about the Paralympic Movement ahead of Olympic Opening Ceremony in Sochi.

Talisson Glock Montreal 2013

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee has created a programme for nine young swimmers in a bid to win more medals at Rio 2016.

Cameron Leslie

Paralympics New Zealand launches bid to give swimmers in S1-S5 classifications more access to training, competitions and pool-space, supported by the Agitos Foundation.

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Reigning 400m freestyle world and Paralympic champion Silverman provisionally shaves 0.15 seconds off SM10 world record at national competition in Richmond, USA.

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Swimmers will return to the Pieter van den Hoogenband Stadium on their road to the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland.

Carlos Nuzman

With 65 Olympic and Paralympic sports being contested, find out how much money Rio 2016 are devoting to hosting the Games.

Asean Para Games 2014 Naypyitaw, Myanmar

Indonesia pips Thailand to the post to finish first in the medals table for the first time at the Asean Para Games in Naypyitaw, Myanmar.

Maddison Elliott, Australia - Women's 100m Freestyle S8

New kid on the block beats multiple world and Paralympic champion Jessica Long in world record time.

Residents of Tokyo celebrate the city winning the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

Paralympian Mami Sato won global praise for her role in securing the Japanese city the Games.

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USA’s Cortney Jordan and Jessica Long both booked two wins on the last day of the 2013 Speedo Can-Am Para-swimming Championships in Edmonton, Canada.

Brazilian athletes celebrate 1000 days to go until Rio 2016

Para-swimming made a big splash at the 2013 Brazilian Paralympic Awards held on Wednesday night (11 December) in Rio de Janeiro with Daniel Dias and Susana Schnarndorf Ribeiro scooping the top awards voted for by the public.

Benoit Huot and Valerie Grand Maison WADA campaign

The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships saw an innovative partnership which became the model for IPC anti-doping efforts.

Ellie Simmonds

290 swimmers compete in Great Britain’s National Open Short Course Championships, breaking seven world and 15 European records.

Daniel Sharp of New Zealand competes in the Men's 50m Freestyle S13 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

The 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 18-25 July.

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Some of Great Britain's finest World and Paralympic champions will be among the 290 disabled swimmers at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, this weekend (23-24 November), the largest event of its kind in the country for some time.