Vista 2019 - News

Jose Roberto Ferreira de Oliveira (R) and Romario Diego Marques of Brazil fail to stop a goal during the Men's Group A Goalball match between Finland and Brazil at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

With major events such as the swimming and para-cycling road World Champs, this is an important month for many athletes.

A picture of a man with a gold medal around his neck during a medal ceremony

Swimming

Dutch defending triple world champion sends a message to his competitors that he is “fit and feeling very well” ahead of 2015 swimming Worlds.

Summer Sports

From Russia’s football 7-a-side world title win to Martina Caironi’s record-breaking performances, here are some highlights of the month.

Blind Football

The tournament will take place in Tokyo, Japan, this September with two teams qualifying for Rio 2016.

Powerlifting

Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships now open

Group shot of swimmers in front of a pool

Swimming

Double Paralympians Ellen Keane and Darragh McDonald are joined by newcomers Ailbhe Kelly and Nicole Turner.

The 2013 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan.

Para dance sport

More than 160 athletes from 29 countries expected to travel to Italy hoping to win couples and singles titles.

Athletics

After winning the 200m world title in 2013, the Brazilian T38 sprinter said her life changed forever.

Swimming

The most decorated athlete from the 2013 Worlds is giving little away about Ukraine’s hopes for the 2015 edition.

Paralympic medallists Ben Quilter, Sophie Wells and Will Bayley

Great Britain

A number of British Paralympic medallists will join National Paralympic Day celebrations in Brighton, Nottingham and Plymouth.

Football 7-a-side

After two weeks of intense competition at the Cerebral Palsy Football 7-a-side World Championships find out who made the team of the tournament.

Three men in suits, one of them showing an award to the camera.

Azerbaijan

The award is bestowed upon heads of state who have contributed to the development of the Paralympic Movement.

VISTA

At October’s conference in Girona, Spain, David Sanz-Rivas, Scientific Director Royal Spanish Tennis Federation will talk about the athlete pathway from grassroots to elite performance.

Lebanon

The National Paralympic Committee gathered together supporters and partners to offer try-outs of wheelchair basketball, table-tennis and football-5-a-side.

Two women smiling at each other in a swimmig pool after a race

Swimming

Ukrainian Yelyzaveta Mereshko is hoping to challenge the dominance of Great Britain’s multiple world and Paralympic champion at the swimming Worlds from 13 July.