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IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

Shingo Kunieda of Japan plays a forehand during the Men's Wheelchair Doubles Final at the Australian Open 2016 Wheelchair Championships.
Wheelchair Tennis

The ITF’s flagship event will feature 52 teams from 29 countries contesting in five events.

Participans of the Agitos Foundation Youth Talent Camp held in Nicaragua.

The project, funded by the Agitos Foundation, brought together six Central American countries and has identified young athletes, trained coaches and benefitted hundreds.

Two people shkae hands
PyeongChang 2018

Hee-beom Lee has hit the ground running with preparations for the upcoming Paralympic Winter Games.

Inge Huitzing
Wheelchair Basketball

The Netherlands have named 11 of the 12 who will represent their country in the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

Para-cyclist on a bike.
Cycling

Some of the world’s best Para cyclists will gather to compete at the UCI Road World Cup whilst they go through their final preparations for Rio 2016.

Man in canoe on the water
Canoe

Australian Curtis McGrath was crowned the new men’s KL2 world champion after an exciting 2016 Para Canoe Worlds finals in Duisburg.

Denmark's Daniel Jorgensen celebrates victory at the Rio 2016 Test Event.
Athletics

The Danish athlete improved the T42 world record on the second day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix with a leap of 6.67m

Athletics at the Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

Find more information on how the athletics grew to become the most popular sport on the Paralympic programme.

Alphanso Cunningham
Athletics

The two-time Paralympic champion is hoping training alongside Usain Bolt will inspire him to track gold at September’s Paralympics.

Fernando Fernandes
Canoe

Great Britain’s Ian Marsden, Brazil’s Fernando Fernandes and China’s Wang Daquin amongst those going for gold in Duisburg, Germany.

Georgina Hermitage of Great Britain celebrates winning the Women's 400m T37 race and breaking the world record at the 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final.
Athletics

Kadeena Cox, Georgina Hermitage and Shelby Watson amongst the record breakers.

View on an empty stadium with a blue track
Rio 2016

The event in the Rio 2016 Olympic Stadium will double up as a Test Event for September’s Paralympic Games.

Four men with prosthesis celebrate on a track with USA flags
Athletics

The US sprinter is a strong contender for 100m T44 gold at Rio 2016. Here are his career highs and lows so far.

Picture of Japanese Paralympians who are portrayed as manga heroes
Tokyo 2020

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government aim to raise awareness of Para sports with their “Be the Hero” campaign.

a photo showing the top half of a lady in a canoe wearing a white top, life jacket and sunglasses
Canoe

The first day of the 2016 ICF Para Canoe World Championships got underway in Duisburg, Germany.

Skier in orange and white ski suit, skis at speed down slope
Alpine Skiing

Twelve skiers will fight for World Championships glory as well as World and regional Cup podiums.

Stoke Mandeville Games (1948-1958)
Great Britain

With the Trust, a permanent heritage centre at Stoke Mandeville and a nationwide series of satellite exhibitions, among others, will be opened.

View on an empty stadium with a blue track
Athletics

Brazilian athletes Alessandro Rodrigo da Silva, Odair Santos, Julio Cesar Agripino dos Santos and Eduardo Guimaraes de Oliveira all broke records of the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Televisions placed on Renfe’s long-distance trains offer Para sport video features.
Spain

Televisions placed on Renfe’s long-distance trains offer Para sport video features.

Wheelchair athlete from the USA behind the flag barer during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships Suhl, Germany
Rio 2016

The US shooter has been nominated to the team for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and describes the most memorable times of her career so far.