PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Roman Petushkov

Six-time Sochi 2014 gold medallist is the 2014 winner of the Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC Disabled Athlete Award.

People in suits with construction helmets stand behind a banner in front of a construction area

The Gangneung Coastal Cluster will host ice sledge hockey and wheelchair curling at the 2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Good As Gold - IPC Athletics Swansea 2014 Official Song

Children from across the city of Swansea have provided the inspirational words for the official Swansea 2014 song, released to mark one month until the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships begin.

Women in a shooting range targeting

Minna Leinonen has a medal from all major internationals, including a gold from Athens 2004, but is yet to win a World title and is lining up at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships to set that record straight.

A picture of a woman swimming

Paralympic gold medallist Jessica-Jane Applegate will be amongst 12 London 2012 medallists who will return to compete in home water for the first time since the London Games on Saturday 30 August as part of National Paralympic Day in Great Britain.

Portrait of smiling man wearing a basecap showing his bronze medal to the camera.

The world’s best shooters will line-up at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships, with competition starting on Saturday 19 July.

Declan Farmer

Duo from the gold medal winning USA ice sledge hockey team recognised together with Jamie Whitmore at prestigious awards in Los Angeles.

Four men in wheelchairs all wearing blue jackets show pins to the camera, smiling

Japanese medal winners proudly show off their new pins following success at Sochi 2014.

Kelly Gallagher

A number of athletes, coaches, classifiers, academics and representatives of IPC Alpine Skiing met in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the ongoing development of a sport specific classification system for alpine skiing.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing tennis.

Great Britains Marc McCarroll and Japan’s Kanako Domori caused an upset on day two (16 July) at the 25th British Open