IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.

Nearly 140 athletes from more than 35 countries will compete in Szczecin, Poland, from 1-4 May.

swimmingpool

Competition at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships will get underway on Sunday (1 May).

Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman

Paralympic silver medallist Matt Stutzman is one of the most popular archers to watch heading into Rio 2016.

Rodrigo Luquez of Argentina and Jose Monteiro Guimaraes of Brazil in the football 7-a-side gold medal game at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Seven of the qualified teams will face off for the last time before September’s Paralympic Games.

Man in wheelchair doing a dancing pose

The men’s singles is one to watch, with Worlds medallists expected to battle for the podium.

Teresa Perales with her gold medal after success at Glasgow 2015.

In the build-up to her fifth Paralympic Games, Spain’s six-time gold medallist refuses to contemplate hanging up her swimming goggles.

Brazilian para-athletes attended a workshop initiated by the Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) in partnership with the ABCD.

A successful anti-doping session entitled ‘Paralympic Athletes Play Clean’ helped clarify questions para-athletes had.

Hannah Russell of Great Britain competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Matt Wylie, Hannah Russell lowered their respective 50m British records, making a push for Rio 2016 selection.

Hong Kong’s Paralympic Day

Hong Kong’s Paralympic Day will be held on the 100-days-to-go mark from Rio 2016.

Man rowing

Blake Haxton and Jacqui Kapinowski will represent the USA in Rio after their success in the Team Trials.

Archery - Fact of the week

Find out more about the sport that paved the way for the Paralympic Games.

Emanuel Goncalves

The S10 swimmer is hoping to qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in front of his home crowds.

Melissa Tapper

Daniela Di Toro and Melissa Tapper headline Australis’s five-strong table tennis team for September’s Paralympics.

Two blindfolded football players fight for the ball

IBSA has confirmed that Germany’s capital city will held the Euros, from 17-27 August 2017.

A shot of the upper half of two women holding two Paralympic gold medals

Ramona and Carmen are hoping to excel hand in hand once again, at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon

Argentina’s Daniela Gimenez and Spain’s Sarai Gascon Moreno have a special friendship outside the pool as well as an ongoing rivalry in it.

Aerial view of a big stadium in a city

The competition will take place in one of Rio’s iconic, cultural venues.

Two women in wheelchairs look at each other smiling on a grass tennis court.

With the addition of the first singles events at the Grand Slam, wheelchair tennis prize money totals GBP 200,000.

Natasha Baker

Baker won all three events on the same horse she won double gold on from London 2012.

Two women smiling at each other in a swimmig pool after a race

Ellie Simmonds and Bethany Firth showed their intent for Rio 2016 by setting new world marks.