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![Laurentia Tan](/sites/default/files/images/130702115716039_151156615.jpg)
Riders make final push for Rio 2016 selection
Para-equestrian riders from around the world are in Deauville for shots at representing their nations at the Paralympics.
![Five para-athletes have been shortlisted for the Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for March 2016: Heather Erickson, Melissa Tapper, Megan Giglia, Stephen McGuire and Oksana Masters.](/sites/default/files/images/160408093236927_collage2.jpg)
Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – March 2016
The public has until 14 April to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
![Markus Rehm jumps over a sand pit](/sites/default/files/images/140531211351115_atletica%2B14_0.jpg)
IPC Athletics Media Advisory
Media accreditation for the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships now open
![Zdenek Krupicka](/sites/default/files/images/140313212232055_478173367_0.jpg)
Czech Republic take first win at sledge hockey Euros
A 1-0 win over hosts Sweden in Ostersund sees the team get their first points on the board.
![The Mayor of the city, Emilio Bonifazi, is the first person to be formally invited to June’s IPC Athletics European Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160407082102948_grosseto%2Bmayor.jpg)
Grosseto 2016 launches invitational programme for spectators
The Mayor of the city, Emilio Bonifazi, is the first person to be formally invited to June’s IPC Athletics European Championships.
![Ihar Boki competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.](/sites/default/files/images/150714170830537_2015%2BIPC%2BSwimming%2BWorld%2BChampionships_20150714_Luc%2BPercival_0073_HD.jpg)
Boki headstrong in the lead up to swimming Euros
Belarusian multiple Paralympic, world and European medallist claims he is ’ready for all the surprises.’
Denysiuk: My best and worst moments
The Ukrainian shooter hopes to medal at his first Paralympic Games in September, without his trousers falling down.
![General view at the Stadio Olimpico in Grosseto, Italy.](/sites/default/files/images/150611102555482_123.jpg)
Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy
Around 237 athletes from 40 countries are set to compete at the Carlo Zecchini Olympic Stadium in the season’s fourth Grand Prix event.
![a female wearing white, black and red competing in goalball](/sites/default/files/images/160115132535663_Amanda%2BDennis%2Bphoto%2Bby%2BAllen%2BMacMillan.jpg)
Dennis aims to bring USA back on to the podium
The US goalball player expects to play a key role in helping her team rebound from London 2012 disappointment.
![Three men on a podium](/sites/default/files/images/150714110558956_2015%2BIPC%2BSwimming%2BWorld%2BChampionships_20150713_Luc%2BPercival_2177_HD.jpg)
#IDSDP: Swimmers’ friendship transcends borders
Paralympians Brad Snyder, Keichi Kimura and Matheus Sousa are fierce rivals in the pool, but have a friendship based on an understanding of life with a visual impairment.
![Chris Sharp, Andrew May and Richard Dodson aboard their boat during the New Zealand 2016 Summer Paralympic Team Selection Announcement at the Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron on March 3, 2016 in Auckland, New Zealand.](/sites/default/files/images/160303103244865_sailing.jpg)
Extensive Paralympics broadcast coverage coming to New Zealand
About 4.6 million people will get to watch Rio 2016 through TVNZ’s live streamed TV channel DUKE.
![Sprinters Alan Oliveira, Jonnie Peacock and Richard Browne compete at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games](/sites/default/files/images/130729101006708_Anniversary%2Bgames%2Bcredit%2Bgetty%2Bimages.jpg)
IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final events announced
IPC Athletics announces 16 events to take place at this summer’s Grand Prix Final in London, Great Britain.
![Four men and one woman holding a sign promoting Funchal 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160406123509053_Funchal%2Bambassador.jpg)
Designer Nini Andrade Silva becomes swimming Euros ambassador
The world-renowned artist joins singer and celebrity Katia Aveiro as a proud advocate of the competition in Funchal, Portugal.
![The Olympic Tennis Centre hosted the first competition in Barra Olympic Park.](/sites/default/files/images/170202104925964_rio-olympic-park.jpg)
Sport Week: Wheelchair tennis venue at Rio 2016
The sport will take place on hard courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
#IDSDP: Russia, China go beyond the piste
Wheelchair fencing has allowed the two nations to come together and experience each other’s cultures.
Russia lead standings after win at Ostersund 2016
The Sochi 2014 silver medallists lead at the ice sledge hockey Euros on goal difference after their second game, whilst Italy and Norway are tied in second.
![The World and European champion in the T47 class speaks about his best and worst career moments.](/sites/default/files/images/160405084833161_Michal%2BDerus.jpg)
My best and worst moments with Poland’s Michal Derus
The World and European champion in the T47 class shares his highs and lows.
![Fiona Allan, Chief Executive, PNZ, with members of the Harvey Norman's team.](/sites/default/files/images/160404075050833_new%2Bzealand2.jpg)
Harvey Norman to fundraise nationally in support of the New Zealand Paralympic Team
Australasia’s largest retailers of Furniture, Bedding, Computer and Electrical will conduct a nationwide fundraising campaign in support of the team heading to Rio 2016.
![Yijun Chen](/sites/default/files/images/130717150801043_Wheelchair%2BFencing_0.jpg)
Chen eyes Asian Championships title
China’s Yijun Chen is hoping to guarantee a place at Rio 2016 with gold at the Asian Wheelchair Fencing Championships.
![Female wheelchair tennis player in action on a blue court](/sites/default/files/images/121203113534829_108332258.jpg)
Sport Week: Classification in wheelchair tennis
Athletes are assigned to two sport classes, and all have an impairment that affects their legs.