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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

crowds during the National Paralympic Day at the Olympic Park
Great Britain

Event will take place on Sunday 26 July in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.

Women in a shooting range with a man standing behind her
Shooting

Poland topped the medals table with two golds at Grand Prix, held as part of the sport’s development project.

A row of sport photographers taking pictures of ice sledge hockey at Sochi 2014.
Para Ice Hockey

Media can sign up for accreditation via www.paralympic.org/buffalo-2015/media.

Paralympic school day in Croatia
Croatia

The Croatian Paralympic Committee and Allianz started Paralympic school days in 2010 to teach pupils the values of tolerance and acceptance.

Maria Lyle of Great Britain
Athletics

Ten world and 54 regional records were broken during four days of action at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, UAE.

Podium at the VISTA 2013 Conference in Bonn, Germany
VISTA

The pair will speak about conceptual applications of evidence-based classification

London’s former Olympic Stadium
Athletics

On Sunday 26 July, the IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final is due to take place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

Alexey Bugaev passes a slalom pole in a race in a tilted position
Alpine Skiing

Canadian skiers also shine in downhill races just a few days away from the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships.

Brent Lakatos at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships Lyon
Athletics

The Canadian world champion athletes gives us the lowdown on how he first got into the sport of para-athletics.

Kimberly Joines
Alpine Skiing

Canada’s multiple world and Paralympic medallist Kimberley Joines took a few moments to give fans an insight into her life on snow and why she likes Panorama so much.

Storage of things necessary to built a race slope for an Alpine Skiing race.
Alpine Skiing

Spectators can access all races on all days for free, giving a unique opportunity to see Paralympic and world champions compete.

Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain
Alpine Skiing

A day after being crowned world champion in the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain, the Netherlands’ Chris Vos is once again celebrating - this time his 17th birthday.

Sarah Storey
Cycling

British para-cyclist is aiming to break an 11-year-old world record on Saturday at the Velodrome that hosted London 2012’s track cycling events.

Women in black dress sitting in a wheelchair kissing a trophy
Powerlifting

Powerlifting World’s bronze medallist Cristina Menezes dreams of medalling at Rio 2016.

Walid Ktila
Athletics

As records fall, Ktila, Cockroft and Fairbank all notch their fourth successive wins.

IPC Powerlifting gathered classification representatives for a two-day meeting in Bonn, Germany
Powerlifting

Classifiers and sport representatives gathered in Bonn, Germany, to discuss the current and future direction of classification.

Logo of the Americas Paralympic Committee
Winter Sports

At Toronto 2015 athletes will be invited to vote for one athlete to sit on the Americas Paralympic Committee Executive Committee

Women on snowboard on the slope
Alpine Skiing

There was also several surprise results in snowboard-cross at La Molina 2015.

A picture of a man on a podium with a medal around his neck
Athletics

Australian world champion will line-up at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix which takes place in Brisbane between 3-5 March.

Rebecca Bedford of Great Britain - para-badminton
Badminton

The event between 8-13 September is expected to attract 235 athletes from 36 countries