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IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

Veronica Hipolito of Brazil set World Record over 100m T38 at the IPC Athletics World Championships.
Brazil

Approximately 1,300 students, ages 12 to 20, will be in the largest city in Brazil to compete in 10 sports.

Keith Gabel and Mike Shea
Alpine Skiing

Team USA snowboarders Mike Shea and Keith Gabel reveal their recipe for success – turkey impressions, camaraderie and paper-airplanes.

Sir Philip Craven

New Vice President Andrew Parsons was also elected together with 10 Members at Large for the IPC Governing Board.

Daniel Sharp of New Zealand competes in the Men's 50m Freestyle S13 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Swimming

The 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships will take place in Glasgow, Scotland from 18-25 July.

Florian Planker
Cross-Country Skiing

Find out how you can interact with Dutch snowboarder Bibian Mentel, Italian ice sledge hockey player Florian Planker and American cross-country skier Tatyana McFadden.

Ryan Chalmers
Athletics

The American Paralympian pushed 3,500 miles across his country, while the British Paralympian ran 40 marathons in 40 days.

Australian Rugby Team
Wheelchair Rugby

Australia, Japan and New Zealand finished atop the podium at the 2013 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Asia-Oceania Championships.

Athenaeum Intercontinental Hotel

Roles of President, Vice President and Members at Large will be elected beginning at 13:30 (CET).

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Wheelchair Tennis

Just hours after defeating Shingo Kunieda for the Roland Garros singles titles, Stephane Houdet partnered with him to win the doubles title.

2013 Youth Parapans

October’s Parapan American and Asian Youth Games may have very well produced future Paralympians.

Award winners
Athletics

Find out which athletes and media were honoured for their top performances and coverage at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

A picture of a woman doing snowboarding.
Alpine Skiing

Current world No. 1 kicks off arguably the most important season of her para-snowboard career in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

Brazil football 5-a-side
Wheelchair Rugby

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Australia wheelchair rugby, Brazil football 5-a-side and Canada men’s wheelchair basketball.

A picture of a man in the pool holding his hand up with clenched fist
Swimming

Some of Great Britain's finest World and Paralympic champions will be among the 290 disabled swimmers at Ponds Forge International Sports Centre, Sheffield, this weekend (23-24 November), the largest event of its kind in the country for some time.

Georg Schlachtenberger

Attendees learn more about the Agitos Foundation, IPC Sports Strategic Plans and hear from IPC Governing Board candidates.

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Table Tennis

There’s no better way to follow up London 2012 double-gold than winning another pair of golds at a regional Championships in your home country.

A picture of a man practising snowboard
Alpine Skiing

Dutch and American riders begins season with victory heading into the World Cup on Friday (22 November).

Xavier Gonzalez
Athletics

The strategic plans for the nine IPC sports will make them stronger and in the long-term self-sustainable.

Bibian Mentel
Alpine Skiing

Repeat performances from top riders follow on from the first race of the season at the IPC Alpine Skiing Snowboard Europa Cup yesterday.

Leo Rupp
Shooting

Proud Paralympian Leo Rupp made the German shooting for London 2012 and is setting is sights firmly on Rio 2016.