Just four weeks before the World Championships, Alessandro Zanardi and Jamie Whitmore are amongst those to secure overall season wins in Segovia.
Swimming
One of Spain’s most prolific medal winning swimmers, Teresa Perales, joins 22 other athletes chasing down European titles at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships from 4 August.
Para Ice Hockey
Huge news for ice sledge hockey fans as they will be able to follow their national teams from the A and B-Pools in a global league from 2014-15.
Football 7-a-side
Ireland and the Netherlands put on strong performances on their way to the quarterfinals.
Goalball is a very physical sport. Players throw the ball with speeds up to 60km/h.
Athletes with leg or foot prosthesis are allowed to choose the leg they take off with.
Due to its aggressive and full-contact character, wheelchair rugby was originally called murderball.
For the 2016 Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, the total number of sports will be 22. Para-canoe and para-triathlon will be added to the medals programme.
Athletics
The T34 world record holder aims to land his first gold medals at August’s IPC Athletics European Championships.
The Paralympic symbols are three “agitos” (Latin for “I move”) colored red, blue and green, being the colors most widely included in national flags.
