PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Dancers compete at the 2013 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.

Over 160 athletes from nearly 20 countries to compete at Komazawa Olympic Park Gynasium.

Gulnaz Akbasheva and Vitalii Morozov Tokyo 2013

Russian couple pick up fourth competition win this year, sweeping the board in all IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport sanctioned competitions on offer.

Benoit Huot and Valerie Grand Maison WADA campaign

The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships saw an innovative partnership which became the model for IPC anti-doping efforts.

Rwanda sitting volleyball local children

National Paralympic Committees and International Federations around the world are doing their part to promote the Paralympic Movement on 3 December.

Russia's women's sitting volleyball team

From missing out on the Paralympics to becoming European champions, Russia’s women’s sitting volleyball team are on the rise.

Greg Westlake interview - 2013 World Sledge Hockey Challenge

In a matchup of arch-rivals, Canada defeated the USA at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge, as Russia triumphed against South Korea.

Steve Cash interview - 2013 World Sledge Hockey Challenge

The USA beat Russia and Canada defeated South Korea in the semi-finals of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Paralympian 10/3/2013

Explore sport-specific classification, preview the IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard World Cups and look back at summer championships in the new edition of The Paralympian.

Japan plays Great Britain - London 2012

Find out which 12 teams will compete at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships next August in Odense, Denmark.

Shingo Kunieda

NEC Corporation will continue to support major international wheelchair tennis tournaments in 2014.