The state-of-the-art venue for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A-Pool World Championships has opened in Buffalo, New York, USA.
Athletes from Asia dominated para-sport in October, with history also being made in Gambia.
Athletics
Reacting to an online blog that labelled wheelchair racing “not elite sport”, US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki challenges Olympians to support Paralympians to be recognised as elite athletes in the media.
Athletics
The USA’s Tatyana McFadden recovered from a fall to win the New York Marathon, with Australia’s Kurt Fearnley scooping the men’s title.
Table Tennis
The new IPC anti-doping code has been published, Australia are set to host the first ever integrated table tennis tournament and more.
Wheelchair Tennis
November will see the IBSA Football 5-a-side World Championships, the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships and more.
A prosthesis, prosthetic, or prosthetic limb is a manufactured extension that replaces a missing body part. It comes from a Greek word which means ‘addition’.
Shooting
The Asian Para Games took centre stage in October, with the Ice Sledge Hockey 4 Nations Cup another highlight of the sporting month.
Alpine Skiing
The Austrian duo received the awards after their medal winning performances at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Portugal
IPC President Sir Philip Craven travelled to Lisbon to attend the congress.
