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Athletes on the finish line in Beijing

Record number of National Paralympic Committees will contest 170 medal events at the Games.

Athletics Beijing 2008.

IPC Athletics, the international governing body of para-athletics, has published its first draft of the medal event programme for the Rio 2016 Paralympics more than 1,550 days before the start of the Games.

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Mile Stojkoski from the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia is travelling over 5,000km to London in a wheelchair to raise awareness about issues facing people with a disability. Each week, his Project Manager, Vladimir Pandovski, updates paralympic.org on their progress.

David Weir and Shelly Woods with Prince Harry

London Olympic Park Aerial View

Mile Stojkoski

As Mile Stojkoski continues his journey, his manager Vladimir Pandovski writes about the passage through southern France on the way to Switzerland

Sophia Warner

UK Athletics (UKA) has announced IPC World Championships silver medallist and European record holder Sophia Warner has been appointed as UKA’s new Commercial Director with effect from October 2012.

Graeme Ballard

British sprinter Graeme Ballard, American Discus thrower Jeremy Campbell and South African "Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius stole the show on the opening day of the BT Paralympic World Cup.

David Weir

Great Britain's athlete Dan Greaves

American Jeremy Campbell could be a threat to British favourite Dan Greaves in the Discus competition both in Manchester and London this year.

April Holmes

USA’s champion sprinter April Holmes has always wanted to work for the Secret Service, and she shares how an athletic career has fulfilled that dream.

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The blue tracks of Torino Stadio di Atletica will draw athletes from Italy and 17 other countries this weekend, who will try to qualify for London 2012.

Hannah Cockroft London 2012 Test Event

Richard Whitehead, Hannah Cockroft and Paul Blake set world records on the track, while Dan Greaves left dissatisfied with his Discus results.

Hannah Cockroft London 2012 Test Event

London 2012 Organizing Committee hails London Prepares series a success

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Australia’s Paralympic champion sprinter sounds off in reaction to being quoted in the British newspaper, the Daily Mail.

Michael McKillop

Irish middle-distance runner takes 15 seconds off his world record with an emphatic performance at London 2012 test event.

A picture of man fixing up a wheelchair

Prosthetics, orthotics and wheelchair specialists Ottobock have become the Official Technical Service Provider for the 2012 BT Paralympic World Cup

Riverbank Arena

Team GB will play Brazil, Republic of Ireland and the USA

David Weir and Shelly Woods with Prince Harry

London Olympic Park Aerial View

Athletics, Boccia, Para-Archery and Wheelchair Tennis will be tested between 3 and 8 May in London