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IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

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Italo Pereira, Veronica Hipolito and Marcia Menezes of Brazil
Brazil

Stars from powerlifting, athletics and swimming will line-up from Friday in Sao Paulo.

Man in sit ski doing cross country skiing
Cross-Country Skiing

The most successful US Para Nordic skier in World Championships history is ready to take on the field once again in 2017.

Mexican track and field athlete Juana Soto
Athletics

The athletics multi-Paralympic medallist won four golds at Arnhem 1980 despite issues with a racing wheelchair that did not belong to her.

Man and woman in wheelchairs dancing
Para dance sport

Hosts Chinese Taipei also impressed at the first competition of its kind with two titles.

Three people on a stage, one woman waving a flag
Tokyo 2020

A series of public events aimed at building public support ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games and maximising their impact across Japan kicked off.

Big White, Canada, will host the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.
Snowboard

The Ones to Watch athletes be amongst the medal contenders at the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.

Face of a man biting on a medal
Rio 2016

Glenallen School in Melbourne named its pool in honour of former student and Rio 2016 Paralympic swimming champion Tim Disken.

Woman with black headscarf aiming with a weapon
Rio 2016

Iranian shooting star Sareh Javanmardidodmani crowned her picture perfect career with two Paralympic gold medals in Rio.

Finsterau, Germany
Cross-Country Skiing

Media accreditation for the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships now open

A man in a wheelchair swings back a tennis racket in preparation of hitting a backhand.
Wheelchair Tennis

The Quads pairing of Antony Cotterill and Andy Lapthorne were amongst the winners in California, USA.

Nicole Roundy, USA hops out of the starting gates
Snowboard

In a season that will feature a World Championships, the USA’s Nicole Roundy is fully recovered from an injury that blighted her 2015-16 season.

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PyeongChang 2018

Media get a glimpse of preparations for 2018 Winter Games and test events at World Press Briefing.

Performers on stage during Gold Coast 2018 flag handover during the Closing Ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, United Kingdom.
Australia

Prices for the 2018 Commonwealth Games are “inclusive, accessible and affordable."

Finsterau, Germany
Cross-Country Skiing

The Organising Committee of the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships released more details about the competition.

Big White, Canada, will host the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.
Snowboard

Media accreditation for the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships now open

Photo exhibition in memory of Para cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad.
Iran

The event will be open for five days in Tehran, Iran, in memory of the Iranian Para cyclist, who died following an accident in Rio 2016’s road race.

General view during the 2016 IPC Powerlifting World Cups - Aquece Rio Test Event for the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
Powerlifting

Antranik Nahabeet, who coached Iraq to one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at four Paralympic Games, has sadly passed away.

A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.
Blind Football

The IBSA Football Committee announced that an event will take place as part of the UEFA-backed IBSA Blind Football Development Project Europe.

Man in wheelchair with a foil smiling to the camera
Wheelchair Fencing

Although silver was tough to swallow, the British wheelchair fencer is learning from his first Paralympic Games.

Tatyana McFadden of the United States and Marcel Hug of Switzerland at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon in Central Park.
Athletics

The Swiss and US wheelchair racers now have unassailable leads at the top of the Abbott World Marathon Majors.