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IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

Chui Yee Yu - London 2012
Wheelchair Fencing

The Hong Kong, China wheelchair fencing Paralympic champion captured gold at the World Cup in Warsaw.

Anna-Carin Ahlquist
Sweden

A total of 54 athletes will represent Sweden, and four athletes and one guide will compete for Ecuador at Rio 2016.

Andy Avellana of Philippines
Athletics

It was the first time an IPC Athletics education course has taken place in the country.

Japan's Atsushi Yamamoto competes in the long jump at the 2016 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin.
Athletics

A look back at two days of action from the penultimate Grand Prix of the season in the German capital.

The SKUD18 Australian crew of Liesl Tesch and Daniel Fitzgibbon held on to win the race 10 of the 2015 Para Sailing World Championships in Melbourne, Australia.
Rio 2016

Three potential storylines to follow heading into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Andre Brasil of Brazil competes at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal.
Rio 2016

Brazil is hoping to take advantage of being the host nation and seek top-five finish in Rio 2016 medal tally.

Three men in a boat sailing
Sailing

Six sailors will represent Australia at September’s Paralympic Games.

David Drahoninsky
Archery

After recently winning European gold, the Czech Republic’s David Drahoninsky remains the one to beat in the men’s W1.

Richard Browne
Athletics

The 100m and 200m T44 world champion and world record holder explains how he got into Para athletics.

World Anti Doping Agency's Logo.

The World Anti-Doping Agency is seeking nominations for candidates to sit on its four standing committees in 2017.

IBSA Goalball
Goalball

The International Blind Sports Federation has released the dates for the 2016 Asia-Pacific Youth Championships and the 2018 World Championships.

Damien Seguin of France secured the victory in the final 2.4mR race of the week
Sailing

Check out some sailors that will headline September’s Paralympic Games.

NPC Germany's Dr. Karl Quade with the IPC's Ryan Montgomery and Klaas Brose, Director “Behinderten-und Rehabilitations- Sportverband Berlin, at the announcement of Berlin as host city of the 2018 European Para Athletics Championships.
Athletics

The German capital is expected to attract more than 600 athletes from 40 countries in August 2018.

Five Para equestrian riders
Equestrian

Great Britain has named more athletes who will be heading to September’s Games.

Aerial view on stadium

Silvia Costa MEP, the Chair of the Committee on Culture, Education and Sport at the European Parliament, has called for media to give equal prominence to the Olympics and Paralympics.

IPC President Sir Philip Craven

IPC President Sir Philip Craven gives his glowing reaction to the British broadcaster’s new Rio 2016 Paralympic Games TV commercial.

Sir Philip Craven
Rio 2016

The event will take place between 15-16 September in Rio to coincide with the Paralympic Games.

Marcelo Rubens Paiva
Rio 2016

With two months until the Rio 2016 Opening Ceremony, Marcelo Paiva speaks about his sports experience and inspirations for the celebration.

Heinrich Popow of Germany
Athletics

The penultimate Grand Prix of 2016 will bring together many stars names, including a number of newly crowned European champions.

Adrian Castro
Wheelchair Fencing

Wheelchair fencing world champion Adrian Castro will compete in his final major competition before the Paralympics.