PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Allianz Fact of the week Basketball

The official FIBA rules are followed with a few modifications due to the usage of a wheelchair. After gaining control of the ball, the athlete is not allowed to touch their wheels more than two times without dribbling (travelling). Also, the athlete is not allowed to step up or lift themselves out of the wheelchair (lifting).

Two people in a shooting range, sitting in wheelchairs and targetting

Geun-Soo Kim smashed through the R4 (mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2) record on Wednesday (22 October) at Incheon 2014.

Powerlifter on a bench lifting a bar

Powerlifting continues to progress as deal to provide equipment to World and regional championships is unveiled.

Atsushi Yamamoto of Japan and Daniel Jorgensen of Denmark compete in the men's 100m T42 heats at London 2012

China dominate once more on day three (21 October) of the Asian Para Games, winning 13 titles.

Stephanie Dixon

The three-time Paralympic swimmer will be Assistant Chef De Mission for the TORONTO 2015 Parapan American Games in Canada.

Na Mi

Another amazing day of athletics at the 2014 Asian Para Games saw 24 gold medals won and more records broken.

Under water shot of men's race, diving

The Kazakhstan para-swimmer set a new world record in the women’s 50m freestyle S3.

Women in wheelchair waving in front of a bench press

After missing out on the world title to Mutaz Aljuneidi in April, Solhipouravanji scooped Asian Para Games gold and the world record on Wednesday.

Screenshot of a website

Doha2015.org is the place for fans and the media to find up-to-date information about October’s 2015 IPC Athletics Worlds.

The USA beat the comparatively new Russian ice sledge hockey side at Sochi 2014.

The first season on the road to PyeongChang 2018 has several new competitions in store for ice sledge hockey.