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The sixteen players will practice and play Edmonton Impact ahead of a three game exhibition series against the USA in November.

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Several Paralympians, Olympians and members of WADA athlete committee passed on knowledge and insight to young athletes.

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The event featured the debut of para-taekwondo after the MOU signing between IWAS, WTF.

Mandy Francois-Elie sprinting on a tartan track leading the field.

Can Mandy Francois-Elie retain the two sprint world titles she won in 2013 - and add another in the 400m?

After retiring from wheelchair basketball in 2014, Edina Müller has turned her attention to para-canoing

The former German wheelchair basketball player is hoping to build off her silver medal from her Worlds debut.

Great Britain’s Melissa Reid

Races held in May in Japan and Spain will be the last events for para-triathletes to earn qualification points for Rio 2016.

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Athlete representatives are attending the 7th IOC International Athletes’ Forum.

An wheelchair racer shouts out after crossing the finish line in first place.

The Flying Finn, believes he will have to go under 14 seconds to win his third consecutive 100m world title in the T54 class.

Sprinter in action

Paralympic champions Jason Smyth, Michael McKillop seek titles at IPC Athletics World Championships.

The team of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrates after winning the gold in the Men's Sitting Volleyball competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

The London 2012 men’s sitting volleyball champions also successfully defended their regional title.

Evgenii Shvetcov of Russia celbrates winning gold in the Men's 100m - T36 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

He is going for three more golds at this year's IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

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The Canadian city which recently staged the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games will host the world’s leading sports science conference focussing on para-sport.

Women run on the finish line of a stadium

The T38 sprinter raced in to the spotlight in Lyon two years ago winning one world gold and one world silver medal.

Peter Rosenmeier

The Danish para-table tennis player has yet to win consecutive titles at major events.

Podium at the VISTA 2015 Conference in Girona, Spain

A record 260 delegates are attending this year’s event where the theme is “securing the future for young para-athletes.”

Richard Browne of the United States compete in the Mano a Mano Athletics Challenge

After deeming his silver at Lyon 2013 “not acceptable”, the US sprinter is targeting two individual world titles at Doha 2015.

Athletes compete in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games wheelchair curling competition.

New national teams now in Romania, Hungary, Israel and Slovenia following training camps supported by the Agitos Foundation.

US players in their sledges on the ice after winning against Russia.

The full national and development teams will train in North Carolina from Thursday (8 October)

Randy Wilber

Physiologist Wilber will share his Team USA experiences at inaugural conference this December in Colorado Springs, USA.

Marcel Hug competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

He won an impressive five gold and one silver at the IPC Athletics World Championships in 2013 - here are five facts about the Swiss “Silver Bullet”.