PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Brazil football 5-a-side

Brazil’s football 5-a-side goalkeeper from London 2012 Fabio Luiz Ribeiro de Vasconcelos is the team’s new coach for 2013.

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Brazil are working to form further opportunities for athletes with an impairment in their country, including opportunities for them to participate in winter sports.

Martina Barbierato

Italian powerlifter Martina Barbierato became a star in a day, winning two bronze medals and a gold in Aleksin, Russia.

Russia powerlifting

Host nation Russia set three new world records on the third day of the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

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Russian powerlifting team

Holding the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Russia offers the nation a small window to expose para-sport in the Tula reigon.

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Paralympic champion to compete at BT Great CityGames.

Olesya Lafina

Olesya Lafina and Ildar Bedderdinov broke new world records and Vladimir Krivulya set a new European record for Russia at the Powerlifting Euros.

Berlin IDM 2013

Brazilian smashes his own time by nearly three seconds.

Beatrice Vio

Eighteen-year-old Beatrice Vio will be one to keep your eyes on at this weekend’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix.