PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sascha Kindred

Great Britain's Sascha Kindred and the Netherlands' Marc Evers had top performances on the third day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships.

Verena Bentele and Gerd Schoenfelder 2011 Paralympic Sport Awards

Top performers from the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be honoured prior to November's IPC General Assembly and Conference in Athens, Greece.

A picture of a woman swimming

Ellie Simmonds and Stephanie Slater highlighted the second day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield.

Jonathan Fox

Jonathan Fox defeated the Netherlands’ Marc Evers and teammate James Crisp in the 100m backstroke in Sheffield.

Amalia Perez celebrating victory

Mexico’s Paralympic champion Amalia Perez is sidelined with an injury this season, but hopes to return to training soon for the Rio 2016 party in three years.

Paralympian 7/2013

The year’s first issue of The Paralympian magazine features how para-sport is going beyond the Paralympics, recaps of winter World Championships and the movement’s latest news.

A picture of a woman skiing on the slopes

Allianz has been a proud partner of the IPC since 2006 and has now confirmed its support through 2016.

Heiko Kroger

After relinquishing gold to Great Britain’s Helena Lucas at London 2012, Germany’s Heiko Kroger snuck past her to win the ISAF Sailing World Cup Hyeres. France’s sonar team also topped the podium.

Karen O'Neill has been appointed as the new leader of the Canadian Paralympic Committee.

Karen O’Neill will lead the Canadian Paralympic Committee into Sochi 2014 and Rio 2016, as well as the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Leonel da Rocha Pinto and Andrew Parsons

Angola’s National Paralympic Committees hopes to learn from the success the Brazilian delegation had at London 2012.