VISTA 2017 - News

Swimming

Ellie Simmonds, Sascha Kindred and Josef Craig will be among the 32-strong British contingent at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Wheelchair Basketball

The women’s wheelchair basketball stars writes about how she trains for Germany while living in the US.

Equestrian

British para-equestrian rider Sophie Wells helped spread the legacy of the London 2012 Games at ParalympicsGB’s Sports Fest.

Alpine Skiing

Claudia Loesch, Markus Salcher and Matthias Lanzinger helped the Austrians have one of the most successful alpine skiing seasons of any nation.

Athletics

Brad Scott, Michael Roeger, Scott Reardon, Angela Ballard and Madison de Rosario are among those headed to the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Wheelchair Basketball

The advancements in the wheelchair basketball chair are bound to be talked about at this week’s VISTA2013 conference.

Swimming

Amy Marren, Jessica-Jane Applegate and Matt Walker starred on the final day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

Athletics

Paralympic champion Heinrich Popow, the Daily Telegraph’s Gareth Davies and Dr. Wolfgang Potthast will take part in the VISTA2013 Opening Ceremony.

IPC Chief Executive Officer Xavier Gonzalez paid tribute to Dr. Bob Price as he stepped down from his role as Inas President.

Swimming

Great Britain's Sascha Kindred and the Netherlands' Marc Evers had top performances on the third day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships.

Top performers from the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be honoured prior to November's IPC General Assembly and Conference in Athens, Greece.

Swimming

Ellie Simmonds and Stephanie Slater highlighted the second day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

Swimming

Jonathan Fox defeated the Netherlands’ Marc Evers and teammate James Crisp in the 100m backstroke in Sheffield.

Powerlifting

Mexico’s Paralympic champion Amalia Perez is sidelined with an injury this season, but hopes to return to training soon for the Rio 2016 party in three years.

Allianz has been a proud partner of the IPC since 2006 and has now confirmed its support through 2016.

The year’s first issue of The Paralympian magazine features how para-sport is going beyond the Paralympics, recaps of winter World Championships and the movement’s latest news.

Sailing

After relinquishing gold to Great Britain’s Helena Lucas at London 2012, Germany’s Heiko Kroger snuck past her to win the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres. France’s sonar team also topped the podium.

Canada

Karen O’Neill will lead the Canadian Paralympic Committee into Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016, as well as the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Brazil

Angola’s National Paralympic Committees hopes to learn from the success the Brazilian delegation had at London 2012.

Athletics

China, Iraq and Chinese Taipei and Hong Kong all had strong showings in Beijing, China.