Asia

Yesterday, YBhg Dato’ Zainal Abu Zarin, President of the Malaysian Paralympic Council launched the Torch Mission Relay at the KL Tower in conjunction with the upcoming KL’09 5th Asean Para Games.

Wheelchair Rugby

New Zealand

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) would like to offer its condolences to the family, friends and colleagues of Gillian Hall who passed away this past week. Gillian had been Head of Classification for the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee.

USA

At the end of last week, on 30 July, the United States became an official signatory to the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Sitting Volleyball

PyeongChang 2018

Swimming

Great Britain

An Honorary Fellowship was presented to the President of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), Sir Philip Craven, on 24 July from the Liverpool John Moores University in Great Britain.

Wheelchair Tennis

Beijing 2008

The preliminary results from a study which was undertaken in Beijing in order to measure the impact of the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games for China and its capital was thoroughly reported on 22 July, at the Headquarters of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn, Germany.