PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

On the first full day of VISTA2013, IPC Sports Science Committee member Brendan Burkett explored the idea of whether sport equipment is performance enhancing or necessary for performance

Partners since 2006, the two organisations have agreed to work together identifying a number of collaborative areas through to after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Group of kids on a tennis court

Both Martin de la Puente and Viktoriia Lvova beat their opponents in straight sets to clinch the title.

Man crossing a finish line in a stadium, celebrating

Australia’s multiple-world and Paralympic champion wants to set a 100m world record that can never be beaten.

VI Classification

Last call to submit feedback on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 2017 Classification Code.

Two skiers starting from a start house on a ski slope

Victory for Canada’s Mac Marcoux over Russian Paralympic champion Valerii Redkozubov in St. Moritz.

Goalball - Asya Miller

The sport’s leading superpower has already qualified men’s and women’s teams for the first Paralympic Games in South America

Canada's wheelchair curling team

Paralympic and world champions head to Finland looking to cement their position as the world’s best wheelchair curling team.

The USA's Andrew Soule won an historic five golds medals at Cable 2015

The public has until Monday 9 February to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.

Brazil's player Jefinho in action

The Paralympic Pele looking to secure his third Parapan title in Toronto this August.

Man in race suit passing a gate on a ski slope

The USA’s Tyler Walker, Austria’s Matthias Lanzinger and Great Britain’s Millie Knight also take giant slalom victory in St. Moritz, Switzerland.