PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Beatrice Vio duelling with Dani Gyongi at the 2013 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix

Italian Beatrice Vio continues her rapid rise in the sport by taking the category B foil title in Lonato.

A picture of women in the pool touching the wall with their hands

Main players set the bar high ahead of Swimming World Championships in August.

Carl Murphy

Carl Murphy speaks about raised standards of riding ahead of Sochi 2014.

Wheelchair dancers in flashmob

Passers-by in Baku, Azerbaijan, were surprised to see wheelchair dancers participating in a flashmob organised by the National Paralympic Committee.

A picture of a woman showing her gold medal during a medal ceremony

Hurricane Hannah knocks 0.06 seconds off own time.

A picture of a woman putting the swimming cap on her head

New Zealander talks of her preparation for Montreal 2013 and looking towards Rio.

Powerlifting - men's -107kg, +107kg - 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships Aleksin

Iraq’s Faris Al-Ajeeli and Azerbaijan’s Elshan Huseynov recorded the heaviest lifts in Aleksin to close out the IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

David Wagner

USA win title at BNP Paribas World Team Cup in Turkey

Souhad Ghazouani

French Paralympic champion Souhad Ghazouani lifted four kilograms more at the IPC Powerlifting Euros than at the Paralympics.

Aleksin 2013

Juan Carlos Garrido wants to get Chile’s powerlifting squad on the right track this year in order to eventually qualify for Rio 2016.