PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Panfeng Feng

Nominees for the IPC Athlete of the Month award include: Robert Davies, Panfeng Feng, Natascha Hiltrop, Witsanu Huadpradit, Jonas Jacobsson and Seung-Hwan Jung.

France's Stephane Houdet, left, defeated Shingo Kunieda for the 2013 Roland Garros men's singles titles, and just hours later partnered with him to win the doubles title.

Shingo Kunieda, Jiske Griffioen and David Wagner will try to defend their titles at the final major wheelchair tennis event of the year.

Chinese powerlifter Yujiao Tan

China’s Yujiao Tan was one of four athletes to smash world records on day three of the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships, a key event on the road to Rio.

A picture of a man pushing a smal ball with a metal arm hooked to his head

The 2014 BISFed Boccia World Championships are expected to showcase 180 athletes from 30 countries.

Ali Jawad

Nigeria and Great Britain set new world records on day two of the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships.

Members of the IPC and PyeongChang2018 Organising Committee celebrate the signing of the 2018 Excellence Programme

Agreement to make sure knowledge and expertise is transferred between Organising Commitees of Paralympic Games and will mean Games are constantly improving.

Iuliia Batenkova

Organising Committee to minimise the Games' impact on the climate.

FIVB President Dr. Ary S. Graça F° with World ParaVolley President Dr. Hossam Eldin Mostafa (right) and Sport Director Denis Le Breuilly

Presidents of FIVB and World ParaVolley explore possibility of working together.

Nigeria's Yakubu Adesokan winning gold at London 2012

Nigeria's Paralympic champion Yakubu Adesokan obliterates world record lifting more than three times his bodyweight.

Tatyana McFadden

The USA’s Tatyana McFadden and Switzerland’s Marcel Hug won the wheelchair events at the New York City Marathon.