Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

Alpine Skiing

BJ Marcoux had to make the agonising decision to hand over the reins of being his brother Mac’s guide at Sochi 2014 to Robin Femy, but the pair are working towards being back together at the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Football 7-a-side

The Netherlands got off to a flying start beating Denmark 14-0 in their first group game of the 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships.

Shooting

China's Cuping Zhang and Turkey's Cevat Karagol were the gold medal winners on Thursday (24 July) at the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Swimming

Australian teenage swimming sensation Rowan Crothers beat Matt Cowdrey and set an unofficial individual world record at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games on Thursday (24 July) with a blistering gold medal winning performance in the men’s freestyle S9.

Shooting

Sweden’s Jonas Jacobsson will be looking for a 19th World Championship title on the penultimate day in Suhl.

Shooting

Sweden’s Jonas Jacobsson wins an incredible 19th World Championships gold, before hinting at retirement on Friday (25 July) in Suhl.

Athletics

Paralympic and world champion looking forward to biggest and best ever IPC Athletics European Championships

Cycling

Around 400 of the world’s best para-cyclists from 38 countries will be in Segovia, Spain, this weekend (25-27 July) for the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup, the last major event before next month’s World Championships in the USA.

Tokyo 2020

Paralympian Mami Sato is one of the faces of #InsideTokyo2020

Shooting

With two gold medals up for grabs, a number of the top stars are back in action.

The International Paralympic Committee’s development arm, the Agitos Foundation, on Wednesday (23 July) announced that 28 IPC member organisations from around the world will receive EUR 650,000 of funding through the second edition of its hugely successful Grant Support Programme.

Para Ice Hockey

Team USA for the 2014-15 season features 17 players, include 11 Sochi 2014 gold medallists.

Archery

Starting this Saturday (26 July) 150 of Europe’s best archers will line-up ready to win gold.

Rio 2016

Mexican Paralympic champion Amalia Perez was injured for most of 2013 but secured silver behind rival Fatma Omar at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships and has vowed to be back in gold medal-winning form by Rio 2016.

Athletics

After a busy year for para-sport, the IPC has published its achievements from 2013.

Para dance sport

Russian wheelchair dance couple Maksim Sedakov and Svetlana Kukushina first met through a chance encounter but Sedakov has gone on to dance at the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Swimming

Ellen Keane will compete at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, having become a Paralympian even before finishing her exams.

Athletics

Around 300 para-athletes from 20 countries will compete in 22 medal events across five sports, the most ever.

Equestrian

Team of five will compete in Normandy, France, between 23 August and 7 September

Athletics

Marcel Hug and Manuela Schaer headline the Swiss team for the IPC Athletics European Championships