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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

On the first full day of VISTA2013, IPC Sports Science Committee member Brendan Burkett explored the idea of whether sport equipment is performance enhancing or necessary for performance
Tokyo 2020

Partners since 2006, the two organisations have agreed to work together identifying a number of collaborative areas through to after the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

Group of kids on a tennis court
Wheelchair Tennis

Both Martin de la Puente and Viktoriia Lvova beat their opponents in straight sets to clinch the title.

Man crossing a finish line in a stadium, celebrating
Athletics

Australia’s multiple-world and Paralympic champion wants to set a 100m world record that can never be beaten.

VI Classification

Last call to submit feedback on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) 2017 Classification Code.

Two skiers starting from a start house on a ski slope
Alpine Skiing

Victory for Canada’s Mac Marcoux over Russian Paralympic champion Valerii Redkozubov in St. Moritz.

Goalball - Asya Miller
Rio 2016

The sport’s leading superpower has already qualified men’s and women’s teams for the first Paralympic Games in South America

Canada's wheelchair curling team
Wheelchair Curling

Paralympic and world champions head to Finland looking to cement their position as the world’s best wheelchair curling team.

The USA's Andrew Soule won an historic five golds medals at Cable 2015

The public has until Monday 9 February to vote for their favourite from the six candidates.

Brazil's player Jefinho in action
Blind Football

The Paralympic Pele looking to secure his third Parapan title in Toronto this August.

Man in race suit passing a gate on a ski slope
Alpine Skiing

The USA’s Tyler Walker, Austria’s Matthias Lanzinger and Great Britain’s Millie Knight also take giant slalom victory in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Two dancers, one in wheelchair, one standing pose
Para dance sport

Five competitions make up the international schedule, including a new World Cup in St. Petersburg, Russia.

Josh Pauls, Brody Roybal and Declan Farmer
Para Ice Hockey

Nothing to separate reigning champions Canada and Paralympic champions USA at World Sledge Hockey Challenge as they both take wins on Monday (2 February).

Woman in sit ski on a slope passing a gate
Alpine Skiing

Germany’s Andrea Rothfuss, Georg Kreiter and Austrian Claudia Loesch all take victory in giant slalom in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Megan Pascoe of Great Britain
Sailing

Norwegian sailors win two out of three disciplines at the ISAF 2015 Sailing World Cup in Miami, USA.

Ukraine's Oleksandra Kononova won golds in biathlon and cross-country at the Cable 2015 Nordic skiing Worlds.
Cross-Country Skiing

Your monthly recap of all the sporting events which took place last month.

Ellie Simmonds
Swimming

British Paralympic swimming champion says Yelyzaveta Mereshko will push her to the maximum at July’s World Championships in Glasgow.

Dream Programme in South Korea
Republic of Korea

More than 170 athletes, including 26 from seven National Paralympic Committees, are taking part in the initiative which aims to develop winter sports.

Two men in wheelchair on ice, looking at some curling stones.
Judo

Winter sports dominate a busy month of sport in February, but the para-athletics season will also get underway in Dubai, UAE.

Ice sledge hockey Canada
Para Ice Hockey

The USA win 3-2 against Russia in a replay of the Sochi 2014 final, and Canada beat South Korea in an 8-0 rout in Leduc, Canada.

Tanni Grey-Thompson
Great Britain

Event on 5 March is an opportunity to try various Paralympic sports.