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IPC Ice Hockey B Pool World Championships
10-16 March

Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

News - Ice sledge hockey

A picture of 2 men in sledges celebrating a goal during a ice sledge hockey match
Para Ice Hockey

Alongside Japan, Germany made it into the A-Pool following a gold medal winning performance from the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

Around 570 athletes from 40 countries are at the Berlin Europa Sports Park as part of their preparations for July’s 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Swimming

Three new marks for Great Britain and two for Australia at the International Deutsche Meisterschaft in Berlin, Germany.

The lead group of the marathon goes past the Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

Ahead of this weekend’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, China, here are five facts you may not know about Beijing

Two dancers in wheelchairs posing during a performance
Para dance sport

Top ranked couples will begin 2015 at the 2015 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport Kazakhstan Open from Saturday (18 April).

Group shot of around 25 people
Rio 2016

The first of four workshops for coaches, classifiers, athletes and sport managers, run in partnership with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, will start on Saturday (18 April).

Veronika Vadovicova, Iurii Stoiev and Waldermar Andruszkiewicz finished on the podium at the IPC Shooting World Cup
Shooting

Slovakian rifle shooter extraordinaire looks comfortable once again to take a convincing victory at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin.

Seven people on a podium during a press conference
Rio 2016

Four Paralympic and Worlds medallists will form part of a team of 36 powerlifters competing at home in the Americas Open from 26-29 April.

A picture of two men in sledges fighting the puck during a ice sledge hockey match
Para Ice Hockey

Reigning European champions Italy have an impressive mix of youth and experience heading into Buffalo 2015.

Lisha Huang of China competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Athletics

Around 160 athletes from 14 countries will compete in the fourth Grand Prix of 2015.

Andrew Parsons, President of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee with Brazilian athletes at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week
Brazil

Paralympic standouts model Parapan Am ceremonial uniforms in Latin America‘s biggest fashion event

Chuck Aoki
Wheelchair Rugby

The US wheelchair rugby player gives his view on the role media can play in portraying people with an impairment.

Huzhao Li of China crosses the line to win gold in the Men's 200m T53 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

The 26-year-old T53 wheelchair racer will be hoping to hit form at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix as October’s World Championships fast approach.

Filip Rodzik
Shooting

European pistol champion Filip Rodzik will headline for the hosts, against his teammate and rival Slawomir Okoniewski.

Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year 2015 with a disability winner and Wheelchair Racer Tatyana McFadden of USA poses with her award at Newman Hall on March 28, 2015 in Champaign, llinois, USA.
Athletics

The US Paralympian was honoured for her achievements in both athletics and cross-country skiing.

Luke McDermott
Para Ice Hockey

A grant of USD 75,000 is to be used to fund education and awareness around IPC Ice Sledge Hockey and the Paralympic Movement.

Tatyana McFadden, a wheelchair racer, crosses the Boston Marathon finish line
Athletics

New series will see the world's best marathon racers compete for an annual USD 50,000 prize.

IPC President Sir Philip Craven and UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon at the United Nations headquarters in New York, USA
Winter Sports

Sir Philip Craven and three-time Paralympian were speaking at a special event to commemorate the International Day of Sport for Development and Peace.

Women in racing wheelchair crosses a finish line

“United action towards sustainable development for all through sport”

CAN vs USA Joshua Pauls celebrates USA's third goal with other goal scorer Declan Farmer
Para Ice Hockey

NBCSN to present USA v Italy, semi-final and gold medal games from 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool live on TV and all other clashes across their digital platform, NBC Sports Live Extra, from 26 April-3 May.

Tracey Ferguson #12 of Team Canada puts up a two pointer in Semi Final action against Team Netherlands at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Toronto, Canada.
Rio 2016

The veteran wheelchair basketball player is first hoping to qualify for next year’s Paralympics with success at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.