PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![IPC Athletics has opened the bid process for the 2019 World Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160128100105851_getty_1.jpg)
IPC Athletics opens bidding for 2019 World Championships
The 2019 event will be one of the last major international para-athletics events before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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Wheelchair dance sport reveals first 2016 competitions
Two new events have been added to the programme whilst Turkey make their first steps into the sport.
![Man in wheelchair playing tennis](/sites/default/files/images/160128143747709_Gordon%2BReid%2BAustralian%2BOpen%2Bsemi%2B2016.jpg)
Reid keeps rolling at Australian Open
Reid to face Gerard for title, while women’s singles finals will be an all-Dutch showdown.
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Bochet amongst skiers to secure downhill double
French Paralympic and world champion Marie Bochet wins her latest race at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France.
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Great Britain set new team world record at World Cup
Ryan Cockbill, James Bevis and Tim Jefferey clinch team rifle gold on concluding day of IPC Shooting World Cup in Al Ain, UAE.
![View on a biathlon stadium, covered with snow](/sites/default/files/images/160127141818546_IMG-20160127-00919.jpg)
Biathlon, cross-country to be contested in PyeongChang
The Asia Cup will get underway on Thursday (28 January) as athletes get the chance to experience the venue for the next Paralympic Winter Games.
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ElPozo, Luanvi sponsor Spanish Paralympic team
The agreements will help support Spanish athletes financially, among others, ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Man in wheelchair, hitting a ball with a tennis racket](/sites/default/files/images/160127152712225_Gordon%2BReid%2BDay%2B1.jpg)
Reid stuns world No. 1 Kunieda in Australian Open
Aniek Van Koot advances to semi-finals in women’s division.
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Canada dominate downhill at alpine World Cup
Austria’s Paralympic champion Marcus Salcher also secures his first World Cup victory in the opening speed races of the season.
![A man wearing a navy shirt playing table tennis](/sites/default/files/images/160112104306634_will%2Bbayley%2Bmorten%2Bolsen.jpg)
New No. 1 Bayley seeks first Paralympic gold
Table tennis star Will Bayley is the top-ranked player in one of the most competitive classes heading into Rio 2016.