PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

British wheelchair racer David Weir with his lifelong coach Jenny Archer MBE.

Since becoming Weir's coach in 2002, Archer has seen her prodigy win six Paralympic golds and six world titles

Aled Davies throwing a discus

Great Britain’s Aled Davies wins the public vote after breaking the discus world record at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy.

Paralympian 02/2014 page 6

Filled with Sochi 2014 highlights and a special feature about the 25 years since the IPC was founded, the second edition of 2014 will not disappoint.

Veronika Vadovicova 2014

IPC Shooting is offering visually impaired athletes the chance to take part in a demonstration event during the 2014 World Championships, with a view to future development of the sport under IPC Shooting.

Sir Philip Craven

Speaking at the 6th International Working Group (IWG) World Conference on Women and Sport in Helsinki, Finland, the IPC President outlined the Paralympic Movement's long term ambition.

Female wheelchair basketball players lined up, cheering during a game with an amputee man in a suit standing in front of them

For most coaches, managing one team is stressful enough, but preparing two teams for upcoming World Championships in successive months takes some doing.

Walid Ktila

The IPC Athletics Grand Prix series moves to Africa for the 8th Tunis International Meeting on 16-18 June, marking the first time the continent has staged a major IPC Athletics event.

Athlete swimming.

Four-time world champion and double Paralympic champion Sarah Louise Rung reveals that despite winning four gold medals at the 2013 worlds, she can swim better and faster at Eindhoven 2014.

Man in black suit putting a medal around a young girls neck

Officials from Inas - the International Federation for Sport for athletes with an intellectual impairment - this week concluded their second site visit to Guayaquil, Ecuador, venue for the 2015 Inas Global Games.

The british doubles team (Shuker/Whiley) plays at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Australian Open and Roland Garros champion Jordanne Whiley is among three Brits on the Tennis Foundation’s Performance Programme set to contest the wheelchair tennis doubles event at Wimbledon this year after the British No. 1 and British No.2 Lucy Shuker gained direct entry for the women’s doubles with their respective partners.