PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Zahra Nemati

Great Britain’s Danielle Brown, Iran’s Zahra Nemati, USA’s Matt Stutzman and Russia’s Timur Tuchnov are all Ones to Watch at next month’s World Archery Para-Championships.

Jonas Jacobsson

October will be highlighted by the Youth Parapans and Asian Youth Para-Games, in addition to major IPC Shooting and IWRF Wheelchair Rugby events.

Kelly van Zon

The defending Paralympic, world and European champion lost her opening round singles match, making for a thrilling start to the European Championships.

Brazil football 5-a-side

The Brazilian football 5-a-side team have not lost a major international tournament since 1996.

Thu Kamkasomphu

Several of the top female table tennis players held onto their European titles, though a lot of the top-ranked men were upset in the final rounds.

Azerbaijan

Double-Paralympic champion judoka Iham Zaikyev attended the official launch of the nation’s Children’s Paralympic Committee.

Danelle Umstead

The USOC have launched a new talent identification programme that aims to help them create the No. 1 Paralympic team in the world.

Sophie Pascoe Day 3 London

Swimmer follows up IPC Athlete of the Month win with two short-course world records at New Zealand nationals.

Ugur Erdener

At the World Archery Congress, in addition to elections, IPC Governing Board Member Rita van Driel received a prestigious award.

A picture of three women showing their medals

Hong Kong’s seven-time wheelchair fencing Paralympic gold medallist makes her IPC blog debut, explaining how she got involved in the sport.