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20-23 September

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Blake Leeper and Jarryd Wallace

Big American names set to compete in Arizona this weekend.

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American wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki wants to know what you think about able-bodied people involved in the Paralympic Movement.

Fiona Southorn

A 10-strong team will represent New Zealand at this year’s Para-cycling Road World Cup and Road World Championships.

Mariska Beijer

The Netherlands and Germany have met in the final of every women’s wheelchair basketball European Championships since 1989.

Marlou van Rhijn

Following Alan Fonteles Oliveira’s inclusion in SportsPro’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes, here are 15 other Paralympians who IPC Editorial Co-ordinator Stuart Lieberman believes have the potential to make such a list in the future.

Shooting

London 2012 medallist Michael Johnson to lead team of five.

Marlou van Rhijn

The Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn now holds world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m distances in the T43 class.

Vladimir Balynetc

With 31 of the 137 athletes, Russia will have the largest delegation at next week’s 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

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Paralympian wins after putting on a show at Spring CanAms.

Brenden Hall London 2012

After finishing second to China in swimming at London 2012, Australia are hoping for a large medal haul at the IPC Swimming World Championships.

ASEAN Para Games

The ASEAN Para-Games will take place in Naypyitaw, Myanmar from 14-20 January 2014.

Laurentia Tan

Para-equestrian Laurentia Tan has joined the FEI’s Solidarity Ambassador programme to help others establish national structures to develop the sport.

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Switzerland's Marcel Hug and Great Britain's Hannah Cockcroft also impresed in scorching conditions at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix event in Italy.

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Brazilian Paralympic sprinting champion Alan Fonteles Oliveira was named to SportsPro magazine’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes list.

David Rushida

First IAAF Diamond League event of 2013 takes place in Doha

Ilham Zakiyev

With support from the president and government Azerbaijan is targeting more medals in 2016

Korhan Yamac

Several Paralympic medallists will look to be on target for the second stop of the 2013 IPC Shooting World Cup in Antalya, Turkey.

Channel 4 presenters

Broadcaster continues to win awards for London 2012

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Swimming Canada names 26 swimmers who will compete in August's World Championships

Ryan Chalmers

The IPC caught up with American Paralympian Ryan Chalmers, during week four of his 71-day push across the U.S.