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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Tracey Ferguson #12 of Team Canada puts up a two pointer in Semi Final action against Team Netherlands at the 2014 Women's World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Toronto, Canada.
Wheelchair Basketball

Look back at the sport’s history in the Paralympic Games.

Competitors raise their pistols during the Mixed P4-50m Pistol-SH1 competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Shooting

Irina Liakhu secured gold and there were two more bronze medals for Ukrainian shooters in Bangkok, Thailand.

Fiona Southorn, Jono Hailstone, Kate Horan at 2014 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships in Mexico.
Cycling

Defending world and Paralympic champions will go for more in the 2016 Para-Cycling Track World Championships.

Daniel Dias of Brazil poses with his seven gold medal he won at the IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Rio 2016

Daniel Dias, arguably the world’s best Paralympic swimmers, is one of the stars of the campaign which emphasises the warrior spirit of Paralympians.

Man with prosthetic leg jumping in a stadium
Athletics

The Japanese long jumper dislikes sand and never trains for the event, but is the man to beat in the T42 class as Rio 2016 approaches.

Wide shot of two Nordic skiers skating close together on the crest of the hill, with one skier a short distance behind. Big mountain in background
Cross-Country Skiing

Norway’s overall cross-country World Cup winner in the men’s visually impaired from last season is excited about the race in Finland on Saturday (19 March).

Miroslav Haraus
Alpine Skiing

Miroslav Haraus and Martin France were victorious on the Swiss slopes as skiers competed in the super combined.

Matti Suur-Hamari took the victory in the men's SB-LL2 snowboard-cross race at the La Molina 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships
Snowboard

The pair win their races to decide the final rankings in Trentino, Italy.

Oksana Masters, USA musters all her strength and rides in to Bronze medal position
Biathlon

With two races to go skiers have been grabbing some of the final points available in cross-country skiing in Finland.

Grigory Murygin
Biathlon

Russian skiers made sure of a clean sweep in the final rankings in Vuokatti, Finland.

A general view of the Arena Carioca 1 at the Olympic Park.
Rio 2016

The sport will be contested in the Barra Olympic Park cluster.

Girl on a track, running
Athletics

The T35 world silver medallist over 100 and 200m, talks Doha 2015 and Swansea 2014.

Lijun ZHANG, China is set up by her team mate
Sitting Volleyball

The last men and women’s spots are available at the sitting volleyball Intercontinental.

Alyda Norbruis once more drew the Apeldoorn velodrome’s crowd to its feet with her thrilling win in the C2-3 Scratch Race.
Rio 2016

Track World Championships is the last occasion for riders to stake a claim in the Paralympic selection process.

Jonnie Peacock
Great Britain

Sir Philip Craven says the announcement made by Chancellor George Osbourne is the London 2012 Paralympic legacy in action.

Mohammed Hammadi - Dubai 2016
Athletics

As more than 600 athletes prepare for the second Grand Prix of the season, here are nine events to look out for.

Oleksii Denysiuk
Shooting

Ukraine also collected another win in Bangkok, Thailand thanks to Andrii Doroshenko.

Patrik Hetmer of Czech Republic
Alpine Skiing

The Czech Republic skier won the men’s visually impaired by a split second on day one in Obersaxen.

Matti Suur-Hamari
Snowboard

The men’s snowboard cross SB-LL2 World Cup title will be decided between USA’s Mike Shea and Finland’s Matti Suur-Hamari.

Group of ice sledge hockey players
Para Ice Hockey

Team captain Dmitrii Lisov hopes that he can ‘let go’ enough to reach the same heights as 2013 sledge hockey World Championships.