PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Marie Bochet

Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships now open

A view onto the Rio 2016 venues

The goal is to reduce, compensate and mitigate carbon emissions to stimulate the low carbon economy

Upper bodies of two men sitting behind a table, listening to something.

Iranian team finished fourth at the Asian Para Games winning 120 medals

Man in wheelchair on a stage waving a huge flag with the Paralympic symbol on it, handing it over to another person.

The President observed the preparations for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and was greeted by over 120 people.

Harborcenter Buffalo 2015

The state-of-the-art venue for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A-Pool World Championships has opened in Buffalo, New York, USA.

Women wearing a headscarf looks surprised and happy in front of a Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games banner

Athletes from Asia dominated para-sport in October, with history also being made in Gambia.

Chuck Aoki

Reacting to an online blog that labelled wheelchair racing “not elite sport”, US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki challenges Olympians to support Paralympians to be recognised as elite athletes in the media.

Women in racing wheelchair crosses the finish line on a street

The USA’s Tatyana McFadden recovered from a fall to win the New York Marathon, with Australia’s Kurt Fearnley scooping the men’s title.

Urko Egea Zabalza - Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games - Para Snowboarding

The new IPC anti-doping code has been published, Australia are set to host the first ever integrated table tennis tournament and more.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing tennis

November will see the IBSA Football 5-a-side World Championships, the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships and more.