PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Stinna Kaastrup and her horse

The ECCO FEI European Para-Equestrian Championships will take place in August in Denmark.

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Here's what the athletes had to say during day five of the IPC Athletics World Championships

Marieke Vervoort and Michelle Stilwell

There was a pile-up in the women's 800m T52 final at the IPC Athletics World Championships, resulting in a disqualifcation for Belgium's Marieke Vervoort.

Mandy Francois-Ellie winning the women's 200m T37

France won their first gold medal at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships in the women's 200m T37 sprint.

Evgeny Petrov

Russia, Canada, Czech Republic and Norway will all take part in the International Ice Sledge Hockey “4 Nations” Tournament.

Lyon 2013 anti-doping booth

The IPC is educating athletes, coaches, staff and NPCs about anti-doping at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Trevor Stiles

Canada’s football 7-a-side team offered Trevor Stiles a second chance, now he’d like to return the favour by helping them qualify for the World Championships.

A picture of a man celebrating his victory wearing a flag of Great Britain

British Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead is looking to beat Germany's Heinrich Popow and Australia's Scott Reardon to retain his world title.

Chentouf winning the  men's 10,000m T12

Morocco's El Amin Chentouf picked up his second gold at the IPC Athletics World Championships on Tuesday (23 July).

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Sunday will see 25 medal events contested.