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10-16 March

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Australia

Australian athlete loses his battle with cancer, but his influence on Australian para-sport will be felt for a long time yet.

Eleanor Simmonds performing
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Stephane Houdet and Shingo Kunieda
Wheelchair Tennis

Stephane Houdet and Shingo Kunieda won the men’s doubles title, while Dutch duo Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot won the women’s crown.

Wheelchair rugby - London 2012
Wheelchair Rugby

The defending Paralympic gold medallists have already lost their spot as the top team in the wheelchair rugby world rankings.

Sophie Wells in a dressage competition
Equestrian

Five different riders from Great Britain won the individual and freestyle tests at the equestrian event in Gloucestershire.

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Sochi 2014

Sylvana Mestre, chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee, looks ahead to the 2013/14 season and the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.

El Salvador website screenshot
El Salvador

The new website, all in Spanish, will provide the NPC with a digital platform to raise awareness for the Paralympic Movement in El Salvador.

Netherlands women's wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

The Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team defeated Germany to take the IWBF European Wheelchair Basketball title.

British wheelchair basketball team celebrates
Wheelchair Basketball

The British men’s wheelchair basketball team won the European title by just two points against Turkey.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair on a track
2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Without David Weir in Lyon, Marcel Hug is expected to become the face of the men’s T54 class on the track and road.

A picure of a man in the pool holding starting block with his hands
Swimming

Journalists can register to cover the event via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Gustavo Martinez
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Paralympic.org had some time with the Mexican swimmer, who heads to Montreal 2013 hoping to follow up on his amazing success in London.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forehand during a wheelchair tennis match.
Wheelchair Tennis

Dutch pair Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot are hoping to light up the Wimbledon courts in the wheelchair doubles competition.

Germany women's wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

Germany, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands will all fight for the women’s European crown.

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Ukrainian sets IAAF Diamond League record in Switzerland.

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Rio 2016

• Games to feature 526 medal events across 22 sports• Women and athletes with high support needs main beneficiaries of additional events

Ukraine shooting team
Shooting

A fired up Ukrainian squad dominated the third stage of the IPC Shooting World Cup in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain.

Italy wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball

The men’s and women’s quarter-final matchups are now set at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.

Anton Datsko
Wheelchair Fencing

The Ukrainian wheelchair fencer will look to light up the foil and sabre events at this week’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup.

Dan Greaves, Jeremy Campbell and Farzad Sepahvand pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's Discus Throw F44 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Athletics

Two of the biggest rivals in athletics - Jeremy Campbell and Dan Greaves - face off in Lyon, with Campbell looking to take the discus F44 world title away from Greaves.