PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ottobock partners with German Wheelchair Basketball national teams

The IPC worldwide partner will supply the national teams with top class wheelchair basketball equipment.

Iranian athletes at Damavand Mountain

The climbers, made up of people with varying impairments, climbed to the 5,671m high summit in celebration of the IPC’s 25th anniversary.

Helene Ripa

Swedish cross-country skiing star has taken up mountain bike orienteering to be in the best possible shape for the 2015 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships

Archery - Fact of the week

To mark the International Paralympic Committees 25th anniversary, World Archery has selected its top eight moments.

Sweden Goalball Men Team

The long-term partnership with sponsoring consultant Generate looks to create better conditions towards the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Many people in a room with some holding white signs

The celebrations took place in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, to help celebrate the 25th anniversary of the International Paralympic Committee

A picture of a Nordic skiing finish line.

Organisers for the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships are seeking major sponsors to partner with for Cable 2015.

Allianz fact of the week KW 39 fencing

During a contest the fencers’ wheelchairs are fastened into medal frames on the floor, allowing freedom of the upper body only.

Dariusz Pender

After a short interlude, the world's best wheelchair fencers return to competition at the Grand Prix in Warsaw, Poland later this month.

Mary Fisher, NZL, competing at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Montreal

New Zealand’s Mary Fisher is balancing her hectic training schedule preparing for Rio 2016 with studying for a degree.