PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
London Calling: The USA’s Richard Browne
After missing Rio 2016, the T44 sprinter is back and is looking to retain his two world titles at London 2017.
Arizona Grand Prix a dress rehearsal for London 2017 says Martin
The T52 athlete will line-up for his first track meeting at this week’s World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Arizona.
Pajulahti 2017 launches series of blogs
Finnish goalball player Markus Tihumaki was the first of 22 writers to publish their blogs on the 2017 Goalball Europeans’ website.
Another major Para sport event to be held in Sao Paulo
The Brazilian Paralympic University Games will take place at Brazil’s Paralympic Training Centre, from 26-30 June.
Japan win first women’s football 5 event
The Japanese team was crowned champion following a 1-0 victory over an IBSA select team in Vienna, Austria.
US men’s compound set new world record
The squad broke Team Italy’s record by one point at the world ranking competition in Puerto Rico.
China stuns the Netherlands to win women´s title
After a surprising victory in Italy, China became just the third nation other than the Netherlands to win the wheelchair tennis World Team Cup.
Egypt dominate last day of competition in Eger
Nadia Ali and Randa Mahmoud won the women´s up to 86kg and over 86kg, respectively, at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup on Sunday.
Holiday Hotspot with China’s Hongzhuan Zhou
The T53 racer will line up at this week’s Beijing World Para Athletics Grand Prix.
Sveinsson breaks javelin F42 world record
The Icelandic thrower was the star performer at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix with a distance of 59.77m.