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![female Para cyclist Ursula Schwaller using a hand bike on the road](/sites/default/files/images/180801162558318_Ursula-Schwaller-new_0.jpg)
Maniago 2018: Ursula Schwaller returns for Swiss
Two-time Paralympic bronze medallist heads Road Worlds team
![athletes competing at boccia, canoe, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and cycling](/sites/default/files/images/180801201859002_August-2018-collage.jpg)
Para sport preview: August 2018
Five World Championships headline the month
![July 2018 | Month Review](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/PS1j7awGxEF_-vY_ty2cuXZ1KzjOR5p-6Y_wH0Q5W6s.jpg?itok=LkCrL5GO)
Para sport review: July 2018
Sitting Volleyball Worlds the highlight of an action-packed month
![male Para triathlete Stefan Daniel rips the tape at the finishing line as he crosses to win the race](/sites/default/files/images/180731091556007_Stefan-Daniel-Edmonton-win.jpg)
Stefan Daniel’s sizzling success in Edmonton
Para triathlete wins back to back home World Series
![Women’s 200m T13 | Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/gMHK2TKMjkzzMW38H4ogdRdboVG4BCZovehD9QJQQcY.jpg?itok=ljRHSH8M)
Berlin 2018: Leilia Adzhametova aims for Euro win
Paralympic champion the one to beat at next month’s Championships
![male Para cyclist Lauro Chaman celebrates with his family and holds up the Brazil flag](/sites/default/files/images/180731114818889_Lauro-Chaman-family.jpg)
Maniago 2018: Lauro Chaman ready for the road
Brazilian Para cyclist switching surfaces for upcoming Worlds
![male wheelchair rugby player Cody Everson takes the ball away from another player](/sites/default/files/images/180731094023391_Cody-Everson.jpg)
Sydney 2018: Confident Cody Everson
New Zealand ready to take on world’s best at wheelchair rugby Champs
![male wheelchair tennis player Gustavo Fernandez plays a forehand on a clay court](/sites/default/files/images/180731142630893_Gustavo-Fernandez-belgium-open.jpg)
Gustavo Fernandez’s fantastic five
Another 2018 wheelchair tennis win for Argentinian at Belgian Open
![people in wheelchairs taking part in an archery demonstration at Stoke Mandeville hospital](/sites/default/files/images/180730112948914_Stoke-Mandeville-70-anniversary.jpg)
Stoke Mandeville 70: Recreating the Games
Spinal injury patients introduced to archery on anniversary of first Paralympic event
![Niko Kappel of Germany celebrates victory in the Men's Shot Put F41 Final at the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/180215103306228_GettyImages-819759406.jpg)
Berlin 2018 Home Grown Heroes: Niko Kappel
German field athlete confident ahead of Europeans Championships
![four female wheelchair fencers on the podium with Anastasia Kastsiuchkova on the right](/sites/default/files/images/180730132803356_Warsaw-2018-World%2BCup-women-sabre.jpg)
Anastasia Kastsiuchkova ready to rule Europe
Wheelchair fencer targets title defence with 50 days until Championships
![male Para cyclist Alex Zanardi during a road race](/sites/default/files/images/180730141750686_Alex-Zanardi-action.jpg)
Maniago 2018: Alex Zanardi heads Italian team
Former Formula 1 driver is home favourite for Road Worlds
![male wheelchair rugby player Carlos Neme with the ball](/sites/default/files/images/180730145731017_carlos-neme-iwrf.jpg)
Sydney 2018: Carlos Neme’s dream fulfilled
Colombian One to Watch thrilled to compete at wheelchair rugby Worlds
![Mansai Nomura,Takashi Yamazaki, Hiroshi Sasaki all smiling for the camera](/sites/default/files/images/180730152218212_Tokyo-2020-creative-directors.jpg)
Tokyo 2020: Creative directors revealed
Key figures will work on Opening and Closing Ceremonies
![collage of eight wheelchair rugby players in action](/sites/default/files/images/180730105104321_2018-wheelchair-rugby-ones-to-watch.jpg)
Wheelchair rugby 2018 Ones to Watch announced
Players to look out for at upcoming World Championship
![Andrew Parsons | Stoke Mandeville 70th Anniversary](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/x-fVn2w8iZviJ1FiAJOT9uOFlys5cB8z51cTPr5i0d0.jpg?itok=o5jaYhSj)
Stoke Mandeville 70: Celebrating Sir Ludwig Guttmann
Seventy years since German doctor’s vision inspired the Paralympic Games
![Eva Loeffler Interview](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Lt77hO7Mnjguwf9DMeEKL1K71FmCIebSnszO55REyXI.jpg?itok=YFE_l9Ae)
Stoke Mandeville 70: The lasting legacy
Sir Ludwig Guttmann’s daughter reflects on father’s accomplishments
![female sprinter Fanny Blankers-Koen crosses the finish line ahead of other female runners](/sites/default/files/images/180727184211758_Fanny-Blankers-Koen-London-1948.jpg)
Stoke Mandeville 70: A 1948 sports snapshot
Five sporting events that made headlines in the same year as the Games
![1 Year To Go | 2019 World Para Swimming World Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/AmjM-OIzsb6Ld0sSvM_9Jp_BJBe8BdSAWWPeqVoHLSg.jpg?itok=VP_SsNSM)
Kuching 2019: All you need to know
One year to go until World Para Swimming Championships
![Aroldo Ruschioni | Paralympian from Rome 1960](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/aX6F2nVMfabnQ_BOi_kZ2GtMy8UzAEJLQS_65Y0O-Qw.jpg?itok=kP2O0lN5)
Stoke Mandeville 70: Aroldo Ruschioni recalls first Paralympics
Italian table tennis player one of first Paralympic champions in history