PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Classification experts from all across the Paralympic Movement met in Bonn, Germany between 18-23 August 2014.

Meetings took place across six days to review version one of the IPC Classification Code.

Classification assessment

It was not until 2007 that the first universal code regarding classification was published for the benefit of the Paralympic Movement.

Sarah Storey

Of the six women’s world titles up for grabs on Sunday US and British women won five of them.

Stephane Houdet

The French defending champion believe any of the top wheelchair tennis players can win the US Open title which starts on Thursday.

Margareta Israelsson Chair of Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee

Israelsson elected chair of the Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee at an extraordinary meeting

Ernst van Dyk

Hosts USA finish the UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships atop of the medals table after five days of thrilling competition

Men in suits in a conversation with two women in wheelchairs

The Asian Para Games will take place in Incheon, Korea, between 18-24 October.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forhand during a wheelchair tennis match.

Dutch wheelchair tennis ace launches biography ‘Fierce and Vulnerable’

Korean judoka Gwang-Geun Choi

With three World Championships taking place, September 2014 is set to be another bumper month of para-sport.

Two swimmers smile at each other after competing at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

August 2014 was another amazing month of para-sport, with nine major Championships taking place