PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Football 5-a-side](/sites/default/files/images/130906125354711_120908_162610_mh_0383_LR_0.jpg)
IBSA announced updated Rio 2016 qualification process for football 5
The remaining five slots will be decided at the European, Asian and African regional championships.
Germany’s football 5-a-side targets Rio 2016 qualification at European Championships
Only the top two teams of the IBSA Blind Football European Championships qualify for Rio 2016.
![Emma Wiggs, Nicola Paterson and Susan Seipel at the World Championships in Milan, Italy.](/sites/default/files/images/150820101447516_canoe.jpg)
Wiggs lands first para-canoe qualification slot toward Rio 2016
The Great British athlete won the KL2 200m event at the World Championships in Milan, Italy.
Rising talent Dae-Sung Jang to make World Champs debut
The South Korean has quickly risen in the para-archery scene but hopes his lack of experience does not hinder him at Donaueschingen 2015.
![A man paddles in a canoe.](/sites/default/files/images/140527114558965_10360413_10152135846028848_5698689838043348152_n.jpg)
2015 Para-Canoe World Championships kick off in Milan
The world’s fastest paddlers will get their first chance to obtain qualification slots toward Rio 2016.
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Asia and North American Cups added to snowboard calendar for 2015-16
Season calendar features seven World Cups and three Europa Cups between November to March.
![Yunidis Castillo receives her gold medal for the women's 200m T47, handed over by Patrick Jarvis.](/sites/default/files/images/150814090208411_DSC_6844.jpg)
#WorkoutWednesday: Cuba’s Yunidis Castillo
The Cuban sprinter has won multiple Paralympic, world and Parapan titles and is now gearing up to defend her world titles in Doha, Qatar.
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Handcylist Albertsdottir paves the way for Iceland
The 25-year-old is the first cyclist to represent her country in any UCI World Championships.
![World Archery Para Championships will take place between 23-30 August in Donaueschingen, Germany](/sites/default/files/images/150309093321001_archery_0.jpg)
Swiss para-archers get ready for World Archery Para Championships
Magali Comte and Martin Imboden have different goals heading to Donaueschingen, Germany
![Group photo of people standing and in wheelchairs](/sites/default/files/images/150819152501955_image2.jpeg)
APC Observers’ Programme concludes in Toronto
Delegates from Lima 2019 and Rio 2016 amongst others participated in the programme.