PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Fans can pre-register for tickets for July’s London Anniversary Games, which will feature para-athletics.

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The public now has until 12:00 (CEST) on 12 April to vote for the winner.

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RIA Novosti will provide comprehensive coverage of the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympics, with special emphasis on the performance of the Russian athletes.

A picture of women in wheelchair posing for a group picture during a wheelchair basketball match

Nigel Smith and Joe Jayarante were named the new coaches of Great Britain’s women’s wheelchair basketball teams heading into this year’s European Championships.

Vadium Selyukin

Team captain Vadim Selyukin will lead Russia’s squad at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool next week.

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Members of the Rio 2016 Organising Committee went through the local airport in wheelchairs to determine what improvements must be made prior to the Games.

Canada's wheelchair basketball team

Canada’s men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball championships will both take place in Montreal later this month.

Jessica Long

US Paralympic swimmer Jessica Long shows striking similarities to American Olympic swimmer Missy Franklin.

Viviane Forest

Three-time Paralympic champion Viviane Forest of Canada announced her retirement this past week.

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Those participating in the second event of the IPC European Para Snow Sport Youth Circuit took part in two training days and one competition day in Rogla, Slovenia