PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Four people with prothesis sprinting

Reigning Paralympic and World Champion Heinrich Popow leads a three day running clinic in China to give amputees the skills to improve their freedom of movement and independence.

Sweden Goalball Men Team

Sweden are looking to get their Rio 2016 bid back on track with victory at the European Goalball Championships B in Hungary.

2011 Inas Games

With one year to go, the Organising Committee are launching a drive to find the additional financial support needed.

Portrait picture of women in formal uniform smiling to the camera.

After working for the IPC for 25 years, Leen Coudenys, IPC Governing Board Executive Assistant, is the organisation’s longest serving employee and knows the organisation better than most

Kanye West

The USA’s wheelchair rugby star Chuck Aoki talks about Kanye West’s comments during his concert in Sydney, Australia, towards two spectators in a wheelchair.

Brian Mckeever, Canada speeds downhill

Stars from the Canadian Paralympic team that claimed 16 medals in Sochi were celebrated at the 2014 Canadian Paralympic Sport Awards

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

The guide will act as a reference point for all athletes looking to increase their knowledge and understanding of the WADA Code.

Photo of the IPC headquarters in Bonn

The International Paralympic Committee is best known as the global governing body of the Paralympic Movement, but here are some unusual things that you may not have known.

Sir Philip Craven

As the IPC celebrates 25 years, Sir Philip Craven puts the IPC’s success down to all those within the Paralympic Movement and looks ahead to the next 25 years.

woman and man falling from a plane in a skydive

Natasha Baker, Great Britain's double Paralympic gold medallist, has thrown herself out of a plane to raise money for children’s charity Dreamflight, which take ill or children with an impairment on unforgettable holidays.