PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Para sport in review: July 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during July.
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Patmore: My first time on a snowboard
The Australian switched from a successful career on the running track to Para snowboard and has already achieved success.
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Sport Week: Ones to watch in rowing
Here are the six boats to keep tabs on when Para rowing hits the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake.
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Training with German biathlete Vivian Hoesch
The biathlon World Championships bronze medallist is busy preparing to compete on home snow in 2017.
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Jordan reveals Rio 2016 team
Jordan will send 10 athletes to the Paralympic Games in this September.
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Event partners announced for the IPC Academy Campus
The Adecco Group will partner the Inclusion Summit and the UK’s Department for International Trade is partnering the Closing Cocktail Reception.
![Petar Milenkovic](/sites/default/files/images/130527081903456_292428_664562483570342_1896080465_n_0.jpg)
Six new powerlifting countries to watch at Rio 2016
The sport is one of the fastest growing on the Paralympic programme – find out which countries will enter powerlifters to a Paralympic Games for the first time.
![Cristian Valenzuela](/sites/default/files/images/140326102926318_151461011_0.jpg)
More delegations announced for Rio 2016
Colombia will send 37 athletes, Chile 14, Puerto Rico three and Panama two to September’s Paralympic Games.
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Herbst ready to make a splash at Rio 2016
South Africa’s 24-year-old swimmer aims to win his second Paralympic medal at September’s Paralympic Games.
![Jonnie Peacock and David Weir](/sites/default/files/images/150330131108920_peacock.jpg)
Great Britain, Australia, Canada add names for Rio 2016
British track and field stars and Australian and Canadian archery teams have been confirmed for the Paralympic Games.