PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Virginia Azu competes at the 2015 IPC Powerlifting European Open Championships in Eger, Hungary.](/sites/default/files/images/151127191845090_powerlifting_eger%2B%25281299%2529.jpg)
Rio 2016 powerlifting Test Event attracts champions
A series of Americas Championships gold medallists and lifters from around the world will get the chance to compete in the venue for the upcoming Paralympics.
![Australian athletes mark the launch of the Australian Paralympic Foundation.](/sites/default/files/images/160120025311529_Cadbury_Paralympians_01_V1.jpg)
AUD 1million donation from Cadbury kicks off Australian Paralympic Foundation
The Australian Paralympic Foundation is the new fundraising division of the APC.
![Matti Suur-Hamari took the victory in the men's SB-LL2 snowboard-cross race at the La Molina 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships](/sites/default/files/images/150226160710203_150224_LAMOLINA_IPC_2015_SUUR__1.jpg)
Suur-Hamari looks to build on good season start
Finnish snowboard-cross world champion is working harder than ever during the 2015-16 World Cup season.
![Canada's women's sitting volleyball team playing Cuba in the bronze medal game at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/151022182926518_DSC_7157.jpg)
WPV welcomes Blue Mountains Natural Spring Water as a Sponsor
The historic deal between World ParaVolley and Blue Mountains Natural Spring Water will support the last qualifying event for Rio 2016: the 2016 World ParaVolley Intercontinental.
![Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.](/sites/default/files/images/140210082240480_464535989.jpg)
Peifer, Griffioen, Alcott win Sydney Super Series titles
Many wheelchair tennis players made their 2016 debut at the Super Series tournament in Sydney, Australia.
![Young canoeist in aciton](/sites/default/files/images/150911162817188_Dylan%2BLittlehales.jpg)
Canoe: 5 questions to be answered
Canoe will debut at the Paralympics in Rio. Here are five questions to think about as the Games come closer.
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Athletics record breakers in 2016
With Rio 2016 fast approaching we look at which world records could fall in Paralympic year.
![a male from Germany wearing red and black clothes competing in the long jump](/sites/default/files/images/160115115459552_Markus%2Brehm%2Bcredit%2Bgetty.jpg)
Paralympic champion Markus Rehm to face Olympic champion Greg Rutherford in major UK indoor meeting
Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm will take on Olympic champion Greg Rutherford at the world’s number one indoor athletics grand prix
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Canada, USA go 2-0 at World Sledge Hockey Challenge
Canada blanks South Korea, the US edge Russia on day two of tournament play. Preliminary rounds wrap up 20 January for first-place slot.
![Podium with three men smiling.](/sites/default/files/images/160119163327888_20160119-00981.jpg)
Bugaev’s strong first run enough for first place
The Russian posted the fastest run in the men’s giant slalom standing to take first on day two of the World Cup.