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10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet
Athletics

The Australian T53 athlete believes last year’s Grand Prix in Nottwil, where she broke the 400m world record, was a turning point in her sporting career.

Tickets for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
Rio 2016

Tickets will now start to be distributed to fans around the world

Marlou van Rhijn celebrates after winning the womens 200m T44 final during day three of the IPC Athletics European Championships at Swansea
Athletics

The Dutch blade runner has set three worlds at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Switzerland in the last two years.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Football 7 a Side
Football 7-a-side

This Paralympic sport is very similar to its able-bodied version, of course, with some modifications.

Heiko Kroeger
Sailing

The event will take place at the International Sailing Centre Medemblik in Netherlands, from 24-28 May.

Man on tricycle racing on the road
Cycling

Germany’s cyclists won ten golds at the second leg of the Road World Cup series, held in Ostend, Belgium, from 20-22 May.

Aled Davies
Athletics

The British world and Paralympic champion thrower likes spinning records as much as he enjoys breaking them.

R3 - 10m - 60 shots air rifle prone SH1 podium
Shooting

As well as securing quota places for their countries for the Paralympics, athletes have also been winning medals at World Cups to show their potential.

Team Iran Sitting Volleyballl celebrating
Iran

Ashrafi will succeed former Secretary General Amir Mandegarfard.

Team China in action during the Men's Group B Goalball match between China and Iran at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Goalball

China defeated Algeria in the final to take the men’s event, whilst Turkey won the women’s title following a win over Russia.

a male from Germany wearing red and black clothes competing in the long jump
Athletics

Here are six stories that could make all the headlines in athletics at September’s Paralympic Games.

Jonnie Peacock celebrates winning gold in the men's 100m T44 Final on Day 8 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

In May’s edition of ‘How I got into…’ we find out how Great Britain’s Paralympic sprint champion Jonnie Peacock started out in Para athletics.

A taekwondo athlete kicks another taekwondo athlete
Taekwondo

The competition will also debut athletes from Afghanistan, Germany and Nigeria in a Para taekwondo event for the first time.

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New Zealand

Dr. Melissa Wilson will serves as Athlete Development Manager, and Kieran Wall joins as Community Development Manager.

A sprinter overtakes another runner on the 100m straight.
Athletics

Here are 10 athletes you cannot miss in action at this September’s Paralympic Games.

Switzerland's Marcel Hug after competing in the Rio 2016 test event in May.
Athletics

The Swiss “Silver Bullet” was in action on the fourth and final day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in the 2016 Paralympic Games host city.

Brazil's Daniel Martins celebrates winning the men's 400m T20 final with Graclino Tavares Barbosa of Cape Verde during the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.
Athletics

One world and two Americas records were set on the third day of the competition which is acting as a Rio 2016 test event.

Wheelchair racer after finishing his race
Athletics

The Canadian T53 wheelchair racer aims to use the Nottwil Grand Prix to qualify for Rio 2016.

View on an empty stadium with a blue track
Rio 2016

The sport will be contested in the Olympic Stadium during September’s Paralympic Games.

Mary Fisher of New Zealand competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Swimming

New Zealand’s Mary Fisher prepares to defend her 200m individual medley title and possibly secure more golds after an excellent few years since London 2012.