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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Inge Huitzing, sitting in a wheelchair and playing basketball, visits a school in Brazil
Rio 2016

The two-time Dutch Paralympian visited 3 schools to teach lessons about her sport

Three members of USA's athletics team - Jarryd Wallace, David Prince and Jerome Singleton - pose for a photo.
Athletics

Around 220 athletes, including five US world champions will be in action 15-16 May.

Official presentation of Pachi the porcupine, the Toronto 2015 mascot
America

Grammy award winning artists among those who will perform during the Parapan Am Games.

Man in canoe in triumphant pose
Canoe

Four more added to World Championship squad following ICF’s newly announced entry quotas.

Andrew Parsons, President of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee discusses Rio 2016 legacy with Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff in May 2015.
Rio 2016

The Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is excited by Rio 2016’s target to break the tickets sold record for a Paralympic Games.

Raymond Martin of the United States competes in the Men's 400m T52 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

After winning five world titles in 2013, Martin already has one to his name in 2015 after recent success at the IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships.

Margareta Israelsson Chair of Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee
Sweden

In addition to Israelsson’s re-election, association also rebrands to Swedish Para Sports Federation and Swedish Paralympic Committee.

APC Gathering in Abu Dhabi
Asia

First gathering of its kind aims to develop new strategies for the Movement in Asia

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

Eight skiers, including five men and three women, will attempt to build off a successful 2015 World Championships hosted at home.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
Rio 2016

Rouseff wants to take advantage of her country hosting one of the world’s biggest sporting events.

Portrait picture of a man with short hair
Canada

O’Reilly to pair with Chantal Petitclerc heading into Rio 2016 Paralympics

Kate McLoughlin was appointed as the 2016 Australian Parlympic Chef de Mission.
Australia

A former deputy Chef de Mission, McLouglin brings experience in London 2012, Sochi 2014 Games

International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC’s) Proud Paralympian education programme took place at a para-rowing development camp in Gavirate, Italy.
Rowing

The latest Proud Paralympian workshops took place at a para-rowing development camp in Gavirate, Italy.

Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.
Shooting

Slovakia’s Veronika Vadovicova collects win at IPC Shooting World Cup in Turkey following world record performance just last month.

Numerous world records have been broken at the track in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

IPC Athletics has awarded the Swiss town the event for 2017 and 2019.

A picture of a man playing table tennis
Table Tennis

The Great British para-table tennis tandem defeat world champion Spain in the men’s class 7

Shingo Kunieda of Japan
Wheelchair Tennis

Top-seeded Kunieda, Kamiji will be challenged on their home courts.

Rachael Morrison
Athletics

After only taking up para-athletics last May, the USA’s Rachael Morrison lines up at this week’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix as the woman to beat in discus and club throw.

Brittany Hudak of Canada competes in the Women's Cross Country 5km Free Standing at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
Cross-Country Skiing

Twenty-one-year old Brittany Hudak claimed the cross-country World Cup crown in 2014-15, and has plans to get even better over the coming years.

Afag Sultanova of Azerbaijan (blue) defeated Duygu Cete of Turkey in women's -57kg semi-final judo match on her way to the gold medal at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.
Judo

Uzbekistan’s Sayidov, Sharipov and Nurmetova are riding momentum off of February’s World Cup.