PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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WADA Talks is a new interview series to feature sport and government leaders

The IBSA European Goalball Championships will take place in Kaunas, Lithuania, Sabonis Basketball Hall and Kaunas Sports Hall, between 5-12 July and will act as a qualifier for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The event which is a Rio 2016 Paralympic qualifier gets underway on 5 July in Lithuania.

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Media can apply via the National Paralympic Committee in their country.

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The defending champions beat Ukraine 1-0 in the final of the CP Football 7-a-side World Championships.

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.

A number of great athletes are preparing themselves for three qualification World Cups, the first of which takes place in Osijek, Croatia, from 10 July.

Russia’s world, Paralympic and European long jump T38 champion Margarita Goncharova, gives an insight into her three heroes.

After breaking the long jump T38 world record last week in Berlin, Germany, the T38 athlete shares with us her three heroes.

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Behind the support of the National Paralympic Committee of Korea, the class will help develop athletes and the sport.

Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine and Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan compete in the Men's 73kg Gold Medal Contest at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

The new rankings take into account performances at May’s IBSA World Games in Seoul, Korea.

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The Agitos Foundation is working with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee to ensure a meaningful legacy for para-sport in the Americas.

The National Paralympic Day, held on 27 May at the University of Botswana, saw 400 athletes compete with 58 officials overseeing the competitions, which included athletics, wheelchair basketball and netball.

National Paralympic Committee builds on momentum of Agitos Foundation’s Organisational Capacity Programme participation.