PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![South Korea’s speed skating champion LEE Sang-hwa was appointed as Honorary Ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160426071342916_PyeongChang%2B2018_Honorary%2BAmbassador_LEE%2BSang-hwa1.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018 names Olympic champion Honorary Ambassador
Speed skater LEE Sang-hwa will play a role in engaging public attention to the Games.
Funchal 2016: Action to check out on day one
With 22 gold medals up for grabs, the opening day in Funchal, Portugal, will provide a thrilling start to the swimming European Championships.
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London 2017 announce co-chair and non-executive board members
The new appointments will have a strategic oversight of London’s delivery of the World Athletics Championships.
![Prince Harry poses with the USA's Tatanya Mcfadden and Switzerland's Marcel Hug after both won the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon.](/sites/default/files/images/160424141708461_GettyImages-523751454_0.jpg)
Para-sport in review: April 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during April.
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WADA publishes 2014 Anti-Doping Rule Violations report
The Report highlights that there was a total of 1,693 ADRVs recorded in 2014, involving individuals from 109 nationalities and across 83 sports.
Preview: Swimmers to take to pool at European Open
Big name athletes such as Brazil’s Daniel Dias, France’s Elodie Lorandi and the world’s fastest Paralympian, Ukraine’s Maksym Veraksa, will be in action from 1 May.
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Sport Week: Para-archers to watch
Here are some of the para-archers to keep an eye on as they focus on the target at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![Paralympics Ireland launched the third instalment of their powerful ‘More Than Sport’ campaign.](/sites/default/files/images/160429072144613_FotorCreated.jpg)
Swimmer Ellen Keane features in Irish awareness campaign
Keane, who will compete in the upcoming European Open Championships stars in the latest video from Paralympics Ireland.
![Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.](/sites/default/files/images/150330200214040_Veronika%2BVadovicova%2B2015%2BIPC%2BShooting%2BWorld%2BCup_0.jpg)
Shooters line up for last World Cup ahead of Rio 2016
Nearly 140 athletes from more than 35 countries will compete in Szczecin, Poland, from 1-4 May.
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Officials look towards swimming Euros
Competition at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships will get underway on Sunday (1 May).