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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.
Shooting

The two-time Paralympic champion closed the Grand Prix in Szczecin with R5 gold.

Brazil and Argentina fought out a tough 0-0 draw in five-a-side football.
Blind Football

The 2018 World Championships will take place in Madrid, Spain, from 5-18 June following a request from the Spanish Blind Sports Federation.

Finland's Petri Posio and Erkki Miinala block the ball during their gold-medal match at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. After winning Paralympic gold, the Finnish squad will now host the 2014 World Championships.
Goalball

The latest video of a series aiming to raise awareness of goalball ahead of this year’s Europeans has been launched.

Brazilian Paralympic Centre
Wheelchair Fencing

The Brazilian Paralympic Training Centre will stage the Wheelchair Fencing Brazil Cup and an athletics and swimming regional event.

Panama - New offices
America

The new offices are located at the Irving Saladino Sports Complex in Panama City.

I'm Possible - Logo
America

NPC Colombia will launch the pilot of the Spanish version of the IPC’s educational programme in the city of Bogota, on 28 April.

Tapper taps a visually impaired swimmer on the head
Swimming

Paralympic champion Brad Snyder and tapper Brian Loeffler explain their tricks in the pool.

Sir Philip Craven won the Leadership in Sport Award at the 2017 BT Sport Industry Awards.

Sir Philip Craven was awarded the Leadership in Sport Award at the BT Sport Industry Awards.

Upper body of a woman, raising her arms in the air
Swimming

World and Paralympic swimming champion Rebecca Meyers put in a great performance alongside teammate Letticia Martinez on Friday (28 April).

Three men holding trophies
Shooting

Oleksii Denysiuk adds onto his 2017 success with a win in the P1.

Hannah Russell of Great Britain competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Swimming

An incredible heat swim saw Thomas Hamer claim a new European record as his teammates went on to claim three wins at home in Sheffield.

View from top of shooters aiming at their targets
Shooting

Meanwhile Veronika Vadovicova went two for two on day two of the shooting Grand Prix.

Three shooters on a podium with event mascot
Shooting

The Slovakian Paralympic shooting champion won the R3 event at the Grand Prix in Szczecin, Poland.

Swedish Wheelchair Tennis Player Stefan Olsson
Wheelchair Tennis

The Swedish and Dutch wheelchair tennis players won the men’s and women’s titles, respectively, at the SA Open in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Norway - Para ice hockey - 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool
Para Ice Hockey

All seven teams had their moments in the spotlight at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool.

Stinna Tange Kaastrup celebrating her gold medal with volunteers.
Equestrian

Denmark was led by Rio 2016 medallists Stinna Tange Kaastrup and Susanne Jensby Sunesen.

Two men shaking hands
Tokyo 2020

The landmark agreement aims to maximise the success and legacy of the two international events.

Group of Japanese kids holding up a sign
Tokyo 2020

School children learned about and tried Paralympic sports.

Man in sit ski doing cross country skiing
Cross-Country Skiing

The US sit-skier reflects on the pre-Paralympic season where he added two World Championships medals to his collection.

Man working with a robot arm

The Seoul 1988 bronze medallist will pass on his knowledge at the scientific conference in September.