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IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

A Nordic skier looks behind him at two other skiers approaching the crest of the hill, close behind him. Mountains are in the background.
Cross-Country Skiing

The French biathlete and cross-country skier was amongst the top cross-country skiers in the 2015-16 World Cup.

The Ukrainian Football 7-a-side team at the Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain.
Football 7-a-side

The Netherlands, Ukraine and the USA will face off before they meet again in September’s Games.

A group shot of people standing and sitting in wheelchairs behind a banner with the following text: Programme de renforcement des capacites des organisations - Niveau 1

Four National Paralympic Committees successfully applied for seed funding to promote Para sport ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

the upper body of a female playing table tennis and wearing a pink polo shirt
Table Tennis

Here are five potential headliners that could come out from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Darlene Hunter of USA
Wheelchair Basketball

Here is a brief rundown of the tournaments taking place ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

Blindfolded football player celebrates
Blind Football

The Beijing 2008 blind football silver medallists feel ‘prepared to beat anyone’ at September’s Paralympic Games, including powerhouse Brazil.

Woman in running shirt crossing the finish
Athletics

26 medals will be decided on the final day (Thursday 16 June) of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, as Russia look to confirm their place at the top of medals table.

Man in canoe in triumphant pose
Canoe

Reigning men’s KL2 world champion Curtis McGrath will lead the six-person roster into September’s Games.

Choy Hing Lam and Rignell Fabian
Table Tennis

Para table tennis was one of the original eight Paralympic sports that featured in Rome 1960.

Woman during a shot put
Athletics

The penultimate session of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships saw a world record in the field.

Dame Sarah Storey of Great Britain races in the women's individual time trial at the 2015 Amgen Tour of California on May 15, 2015 in Valencia, California.
Cycling

Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy will spearhead the 15-strong British Para cycling team at September’s Paralympic Games.

Nick Webborn wears the ParalympicsGB uniform whilst he smiles to the camera.

IPC Medical Committee member Nick Webborn has been awarded an OBE in the British Queen’s birthday honours list.

Four girls with British flag post behind a scoreboard
Athletics

Great Britain’s women’s sprint relay quartet stormed home to a new world record out on the track on the final day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy (Thursday 16 June).

Man in red jersey celebrating with a Danish flag
Athletics

Some big names will be in action on the penultimate day of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships.

Image of Rio 2016's slogan 'A New World'
Rio 2016

Rio 2016 motto promotes the concepts of transformation through sport and changing the world for the better.

Paralympics NZ CEO Fiona Allan shakes hands with sponsor Marty Kerr from VISA
New Zealand

The Worldwide Paralympic Partner extends its portfolio of Paralympic rights.

Ecuador's Para athletes competed at their national championships.
Athletics

The event featured athletes from 10 Latin American countries and took place in Guaranda, Ecuador, from 10-12 June.

Woman in a chair with a club in her hands.
Athletics

Great Britain finishes 1-2-3-4 in the women's club throw F31/32/51 in Wednesday's morning session.

A woman holds a ball above her head to simulate a classification
Alpine Skiing

A total of 22 participants took part in three days of training in Nordic skiing, alpine skiing and snowboard.

A look inside a venue where table tennis will be contested. On the court are four tennis tables set up.
Rio 2016

There will be eight competition tables, with 16 other tables for warm-ups, inside the Riocentro Pavillion 3 venue.