PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

athletes practicing sitting volleyball

The Agitos Foundation offers project money for members to bring on their athletes, coaches, technical officials and competitions.

Johanna Benson and Francois-Elie rivalry

The women’s 100m T37 sprint will be a quick battle to the finish between France’s Mandy Francois-Elie and Namibia’s Johanna Benson.

Dmitry Lisov and Ilya Volkov

Athletes from four different winter sports and two summer sports now have new facilities to train at in Udmurtiya, Russia.

A picture of one man and woman in wheelchairs and one man standing watching a lightened cauldron during a ceremony

The IPC’s Annual Report 2012 is now available for download.

Montreal

Dignitaries and athletes gather in the host city of the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships, to reveal more detail about the biggest gathering of international swimmers since London 2012.

A picture of man celebrating his victory with a British Flag

British broadcaster will be showing athletics and swimming World Champs, as well as the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games.

Josh Cassidy

Wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy and para-cyclist Shelley Gautier helped celebrate two years until the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

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Standards are raised on the track in Paris.

The Irish runner Jason Smyth competes in the men's 100m - T13 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Jason Smyth is making his World Champs comeback after missing the last in 2011, and hopes to reclaim his world titles in Lyon.

Dartanyon Crockett

Following the buzz around ESPN’s exclusive on Dartanyon Crockett, the American judoka will now compete at the IBSA Parapan American Championships.