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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Powerlifting
Powerlifting

Find out more about one of the fastest growing sports on the Paralympic programme.

Woman in running shirt crossing the finish
Athletics

She won four European titles in Grosseto last week, but what does the British T37 star listen to?

Woman in rowing boat celebrating
Rowing

Rachel Morris set the standard when she claimed a new world best time in the women's single sculls at the World Rowing Cup in Poznan.

Track in an old stadium showing athletes and their guides starting
America

The stories of eight athletes will be told in the weeks leading up the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, describing their journey.

poster
PyeongChang 2018

The Organising Committees are looking for ideas for potential torch relay routes, torchbearers, mode of transportation, and creative contents.

Masae Komiya
Goalball

London 2012 champions will go for their second Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Kim Young-Gun
Rio 2016

Here are eight athletes to watch for over the 11 sport classes during September’s Paralympic Games.

Germany's Vivian Hosch
Cross-Country Skiing

Hosch will compete in Finsterau as a World Championships bronze medallist and top three finisher from the IPC Biathlon World Cup.

table tennis player in action
Table Tennis

It has been a while since the Danish Para table tennis star last won a singles gold on the international stage.

Matheus Sousa of Brazil
Swimming

Brazil’s 23-year-old swimmer is hoping to climb onto the Paralympic podium in the 100m and the 400m freestyle S11, this September.

Yannick Bourseaux
Triathlon

The sixth and last event of the World Para Triathlon series will take place in Besancon, France, on 19 June.

PyeongChang 2018 mascots as animated emoticons
PyeongChang 2018

Koreans exchange 10 million emoticons every day to express their feelings.

Tom Aggar
Rowing

World champions Erik Horrie, Moran Samuel are among those to watch in Poland.

A Nordic skier looks behind him at two other skiers approaching the crest of the hill, close behind him. Mountains are in the background.
Cross-Country Skiing

The French biathlete and cross-country skier was amongst the top cross-country skiers in the 2015-16 World Cup.

The Ukrainian Football 7-a-side team at the Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Pre-Paralympic Tournament in Salou, Spain.
Football 7-a-side

The Netherlands, Ukraine and the USA will face off before they meet again in September’s Games.

A group shot of people standing and sitting in wheelchairs behind a banner with the following text: Programme de renforcement des capacites des organisations - Niveau 1

Four National Paralympic Committees successfully applied for seed funding to promote Para sport ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

the upper body of a female playing table tennis and wearing a pink polo shirt
Table Tennis

Here are five potential headliners that could come out from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Darlene Hunter of USA
Wheelchair Basketball

Here is a brief rundown of the tournaments taking place ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

Blindfolded football player celebrates
Blind Football

The Beijing 2008 blind football silver medallists feel ‘prepared to beat anyone’ at September’s Paralympic Games, including powerhouse Brazil.

Woman in running shirt crossing the finish
Athletics

26 medals will be decided on the final day (Thursday 16 June) of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, as Russia look to confirm their place at the top of medals table.