VISTA 2017 - News

Australia’s para-cycling selections for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games will be headlined by seven-time Paralympian Kieran Modra and his pilot 2010 Commonwealth team sprint champion Jason Niblett.

Slovakia’s Veronika Vadovicova claimed three gold medals at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Cup in Fort Benning, USA, whilst Great Britain claimed an impressive nine medals in total.

Australia’s Scott Reardon is relishing the prospect of racing Heinrich Popow in Berlin next weekend (20-22 June) for the first time since they tied for gold at last year’s World Championships, and believes that eventually either he or his German rival will smash the 12 second barrier for the 100m T42.

After making the Northern Ireland team for Glasgow 2014, the world's fastest Paralympian could now face the world's fastest Olympian.

The two world No.1's won both singles titles in Paris, whilst Kamiji also claimed the women's double to cap a memorable tournament.

Kurt Fearnley, Madison de Rozario and Angie Ballard are amongst the big name Australians set to compete at the Commonwealth Games.

Ever wondered what the world's fastest Paralympian does each day? Wonder no more as Jason Smyth takes us through his day.

World record holder Aled Davies to headline Welsh athletics team at Commonwealth Games

Having represented Switzerland at many major Championships, Horner will line-up for France at next month's Euros.

Find out who you should keep an eye our for between 7-12 June as competition gets underway in Strabourg, France.

A survey conducted by NPC France has shown a growing interest in para-sport and its athletes.

At just 18 years of age Jones has a busy summer ahead, first tackling her exams before lining up the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships.

Sochi 2014 medallists Oksana Masters and Tatyana McFadden both named on the team for the season ahead.

After winning singles titles at May’s Slovenian Open in Lasko, the Croatian pair of Sandra Paovic and Andela Muzinic both could be title contenders at September’s ITTF Para Table Tennis World Championships in Beijing, China.

Entering this week’s Roland Garros, wheelchair tennis players mark five years of Grand Slam events forming part of the top tier of the the sport.

After a successful launch in February 2014, the Agitos Foundations’ Organisational Capacity Programme is being rolled out for a second time.

When the dust settles on July’s 2014 Men’s IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships in Incheon, South Korea, it will be a new-look podium according to Great Britain’s captain Abdi Jama.

One of New Zealand’s most prolific Paralympians Michael Johnson has revealed his medal targets for the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships and is confident of retaining his form through to Rio 2016.

The Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games has announced the establishment of the Tokyo 2020 Advisory Meeting which includes two-time Paralympic Winter Games gold medallist in alpine skiing Kuniko Obinata.

Since returning from Sochi 2014, American Paralympic snowboard champion Evan Strong has been caught up in a whirl of media interviews, the first ever ‘Evan Strong’ day and meeting President Barack Obama.