PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Walid Ktila

As records fall, Ktila, Cockroft and Fairbank all notch their fourth successive wins.

IPC Powerlifting gathered classification representatives for a two-day meeting in Bonn, Germany

Classifiers and sport representatives gathered in Bonn, Germany, to discuss the current and future direction of classification.

Logo of the Americas Paralympic Committee

At Toronto 2015 athletes will be invited to vote for one athlete to sit on the Americas Paralympic Committee Executive Committee

Women on snowboard on the slope

There was also several surprise results in snowboard-cross at La Molina 2015.

A picture of a man on a podium with a medal around his neck

Australian world champion will line-up at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix which takes place in Brisbane between 3-5 March.

Rebecca Bedford of Great Britain - para-badminton

The event between 8-13 September is expected to attract 235 athletes from 36 countries

Marlou van Rhijn wins gold at Lyon 2013

The Dutch ‘Blade Babe’ lowered her own 100m T43 record whilst Aled Davies improved his shot put best, 24 hours after setting a new discus world record.

Danelle Umstead

The US husband and wife duo of Danelle and Rob Umstead are putting everything they have towards the 2015 Worlds.

Yuliya Halinska and Laura Garcia Benitez

In 13 events at Hungary’s biggest ever para-sport event, Uzbekistan took gold in four of them.

Arlen and Simmonds - London 2012

More sport and physical activity providers will be asked to commit their support to a new Charter, which aims to improve the number of active disabled people in Great Britain.