PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Kazuhiro Tsuga and Tsutomu Tomioka were appointed Vice Presidents by the Organising Committee.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The Australian will line up at next week’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Canberra, hoping to show why she is a favourite for Rio gold.

Lex Gillette

Financial burdens alieved for four blind athletes and their two guides as they focus on training for Rio 2016.

Two men in wheelchairs playing tennis.

Semifinal matches wrapped up, setting the stage for Saturday’s Grand Slam finals.

Female skier skiing downhill

The World Cup in Tignes concluded with two super-G events.

Man in yellow training suit raising his arms

The Parapan American Games champion died on Wednesday night just days after setting a new Americas record.

athlete with a silver medal

The city of Moncton will host the first-ever national Championships 19-20 May.

Helene Ripa

The Swede thought she had got silver in the long distance cross-country at Sochi 2014, before she realised she had gone one better.

IPC Athletics has opened the bid process for the 2019 World Championships.

The 2019 event will be one of the last major international para-athletics events before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

wheelchair dance

Two new events have been added to the programme whilst Turkey make their first steps into the sport.