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10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

Screenshot of the new look IPC Athletics unrolled a new-look www.IPC-Athletics.org.
Athletics

The latest website development ensures the sport has the opportunity to showcase its own identity as the largest para-sport in the world.

Marcel Hug powers to victory in the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

On a thrilling day of athletics, Hug beat Weir twice whilst elsewhere there were five world records brokem at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Belgium's Marieke Vervoort was in great form in her comeback in Nottwil after four months out injured.
Athletics

After being told she would never race again, the 35-year-old Paralympic champion broke the 16-year-old European record.

On the left, a wheelchair basketball player looks to pass the ball. On the right is typed information about the 2014 Women's Wheelchair Basketball World Championships.
Wheelchair Basketball

For the first time since 1994, the IWBF Women’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships will be a separate event from the men’s Championships.

A man with a silver helmet and red jersey leans forward on his racing wheelchair
Athletics

The IPC Athletics Grand Prix moves to Nottwil, Switzerland, for the first European leg of the series, headlined by the Saturday evening session.

Chuck Aoki
Wheelchair Rugby

The wheelchair rugby player blogs about the first steps in changing perceptions in America about people with an impairment.

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft on her way to a new 200m T34 world record in Nottwil, Switzerland in May 2014.
Athletics

First day of IPC Athletics Grand Prix also saw Marcel Hug beat David Weir over 10,000m

A woman looks up as she races in a wheelchair at the front of the pack with fans along the side of the road.
Athletics

The T54 wheelchair racer will compete in front of a familiar crowd in the fifth stop on the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Marlou van Rhijn
Athletics

The Netherlands’ superstar world and Paralympic champion sprinter will compete over 400m at the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Switzerland.

Picture of IPC Chief Executive Xavier Gonzalez and his Rio 2016 counterpart Sidney Levy dressed in suits seated behind two microphones on a table in a formal meeting.
Rio 2016

Two day project review in Rio concludes as IPC Vice President Andrew Parsons is appointed Chair of Rio 2016 Paralympic Integration Committee

Giant 2.3m by 2.5m horse hoof prints created in the Bay of Mont-Saint-Michel by French artist and sand sculptor Christophe Dumont mark 100 days to the start of the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.
Equestrian

Giant hoof prints on Normandy beach have marked the milestone ahead of the biggest para-equestrian event of the year.

A group of photographers' backs are shown as the walk across an equestrian venue.
Equestrian

Do you have what it takes to be a top equestrian photographer?

An athlete lies on his stomach on a stability ball with both his arms stretched out to the sides holding weights.
Para Ice Hockey

The Canadian ice sledge hockey Paralympic bronze medallist shares some of his latest training tips for the next Paralympic cycle.

The back of Luis Felipe Gutierrez Rivero is seen as he jumps over the high bar.
Athletics

Allianz and Paralympic Movement strengthen their ties

A bobsleigh goes so fast down the track it's a blur.

Bobsleigh and skeleton have been recognised by the IPC and supported by the Paralympic Family.

Japan plays Great Britain - London 2012
Wheelchair Rugby

The international wheelchair rugby tournament at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be a legacy of the London 2012 Games.

Two athletes embrace each other for a close-up photo.
Sochi 2014

After two successful Paralympics, Swedish Nordic skier Zebastian Modin is on the hunt for a new guide.

Matthew Cowdrey at 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Montreal
Swimming

IPC Swimming carried out a site visit to Glasgow, Great Britain, which will play host to the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.

American wheelchair basketball player Steve Serio looks to pass the ball to a teammate.
Wheelchair Basketball

Find out which 12 players will be heading to Incheon, South Korea, in July.

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

Great Britain picked up two victories and the Netherlands took one title at the wheelchair tennis Atlanta Open.