PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

2013 World Archery Para-Championships

To participate in para-archery, athletes’ impairment must now have a direct and important impact on their archery performance.

Gustavo Fernandez

Enticing semi-final matchups have been set at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, as Gustavo Fernandez will play Joachim Gerard and Stephane Houdet will challenge Shingo Kunieda.

Rio 2016 sport pictograms

Individual pictograms have been launched for all Paralympic sports that will be part of the Rio 2016 Games programme.

Libor Hulin

Czech ice sledge hockey players are being featured in a national campaign leading up to Sochi 2014, in which they represent their alter egos across media and billboards.

Gustavo Fernandez works with coaches at a ITF  workshop in Turkey

The ITF Worldwide Coaches Conference is held every two years to enhance the skillset of tennis and wheelchair tennis coaches around the globe.

Brazilian Powerlifter

91 athletes from a total of four nations compete in Fortaleza, aiming to qualify for the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

David Wagner

David Wagner advanced to the quads final and Jordanne Whiley upset world No. 2 Sabine Ellerbrock at the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters.

John Stubbs, Richard Hennahne and Frank Maguire

Find out who all of the individual event winners were at the World Archery Para-Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.

canoeist on water

Between now and November 2014, the IPC will decide which sports should be included in the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Hany Abdelhady

Most prolific powerlifting nations stamp their authority on the penultimate day of action at the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships.