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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A female standing skier competes in super-G
Alpine Skiing

Competition across classifications also hots up heading into the final downhill races in Aspen, USA.

Collage of six images showing athletes
Boccia

Six para-athletes are up for the World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability category.

Collage of five athlete photos

The public has until 9 March to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

A rider on a black horse
Equestrian

A mix of para-equestrian riders will test themselves ahead of the Rio 2016 Games at the competition in Doha, Qatar.

Five men and one women all put their hands together and smile to the camera
America

The Lima 2019 Organising Committee has signed an agreement with the Americas Paralympic Committee to stage the biggest ever Parapan American Games.

Graphic with a picture of a man on a podium, celebrating
Athletics

The British discus and shot put world champion recalls the highs and lows of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014.

A man and a woman in a stadium, with spadens, working on an athletics track
Athletics

British Paralympian Richard Whitehead helped remove the finish line of the old track to mark 500 days to go until the 2017 Para-athletics World Championships.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet
Athletics

The T53 racer set new world records over 400m and 800m in 2015 and is targeting her first Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Coral Batey is not fazed by being the only woman in the Great Britain squad.
Wheelchair Rugby

European champions among three teams to test the venues for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Alain Dehaze with Ayumi Kunori

Online applications open from 1 March to 15 April.

Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him
Alpine Skiing

Close races loom as skiers go head-to-head for overall super-G and downhill globes between 1-4 March.

collage
Table Tennis

The month was packed with winter sports, including two World Championships.

Graphic with three women sprinting
Athletics

The world champion sprinter who set a sensational new 100m world record last year shares her musical tastes.

Upper body of woman celebrating
Snowboard

Athletes will compete at Les Angles in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom between 8-12 March.

Manuela Schär and Ernst Van Dyk
Athletics

The South African and Swiss racers will headline a strong field on Sunday 20 March.

Man with prosthetic leg doing shot put
Athletics

The British two-time world champion added 15cm to his previous best.

Aerial view of the Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo 2020

The Organising Committee now have 28 Tokyo 2020 Partners, including 13 Official Partners.

Man in wheelchair curling
Wheelchair Curling

The Sochi 2014 hosts have now won the world title three times in the last five years.

A football 7-a-side player celebrates scoring a goal
Football 7-a-side

Midfielder Matt Crossen is excited about the tournament which will see his team face fellow Rio 2016 qualifiers.

Darko Duric
Slovenia

Part of one of Europe’s biggest retail chains will support Slovenian Paralympians and raise awareness of para-sports.