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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Fact of the week - Para-snowboard
Snowboard

In 2012 it was announced that para-snowboard would be included in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

No. 7 Ukraine compete at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Sochi 2014

Despite huge political tensions, Ukraine stayed to compete in what they described as “the most tragic Paralympic Games in the history of Paralympic sport in Ukraine”.

Beatrice Vio
Wheelchair Fencing

There were few surprises as the year’s in-form athletes took titles at the final event of the year – the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong.

David Wagner
Wheelchair Tennis

American and Japanese duo finish 2014 atop the wheelchair tennis world rankings.

Marguerite Christophers has been appointed Paralympics New Zealand Classificiation Manager from 1 January 2015.
New Zealand

In response to dramatic growth of High Performance Programme, PNZ has appointed Marguerite Christophers

No 8 Rehm smashing world record
Athletics

German T44 long jumper Markus Rehm beat able-bodied athletes to become German national champion and set a new para-athletics world record.

Happy Holidays 2014
America

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft on her way to a new 200m T34 world record in Nottwil, Switzerland in May 2014.
Rio 2016

British wheelchair racing ace is hoping to win the 100m, 200m and 800m T34 at October’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Melissa Tapper
Table Tennis

Six athletes and one coach from para-table tennis have been shortlisted for the awards which will be presented on 7 January 2015

Canada's wheelchair curling team
Wheelchair Curling

The event will be one of four major events Scotland will stage between 2016 and 2020.

Football player on field of play waits for the ball to be passed
Football 7-a-side

After finishing runners-up at this summer’s European Championships, the free-scoring Dutch team now aim to make it to the Paralympic Games.

No 10 Japanese wheelchair tennis success
Wheelchair Tennis

Kunieda and Kamiji finished the year as World No. 1’s in the men’s and women’s singles but also enjoyed great success in the doubles too.

Marie Bochet jumps into the air to celebrate winning Paralympic gold at Sochi 2014.
Alpine Skiing

Nearly half of all gold medallists in para-alpine skiing at Sochi 2014 were under the age of 23, showing the sport has a bright future ahead of it.

IPC President Sir Philip Craven and French NPC President Emmanuelle Assmann meet President Hollande of France.
France

French President was keen to learn more about the impact and legacy a Paralympic Games can have.

US para-equestrian rider Sydney Collier with service dog Journey.
Equestrian

Belgian Ingmar De Vos is the new FEI President whilst Sydney Collier and her service dog Journey picked up the Against All Odds award.

Richard Browne of the United States looks on after the Men's 100m T44 heats on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Athletics

London 2012 silver medallist picked up the award after a tremendous 2014 which saw him go undefeated and set a new 200m T44 world record.

The Rio 2016 Pioneer Volunteers group photographed during the filming of the campaign.
Rio 2016

More than 240,000 people applied for 70,000 positions, with strong interest from the USA, Russia, China and Great Britain.

Athletes and representatives from the National Paralympic Committee in Sierra Leone gathered to develop a strategic plan.
Sierra Leone

Nine people gathered to take part in a workshop, where they began to develop the strategic plan for the country’s National Paralympic Committee.

Andrea Rothfuss won her second Europa Cup in Kuhtai, Austria.
Alpine Skiing

Skiers have been competing in giant slalom events in Kuhtai, Austria, as they prepare for the 2015 Worlds.

Roman Petushkov became the most decorated athlete at Sochi 2014 by winning six gold medals in biathlon and cross-country skiing.
Sochi 2014

Russian Nordic skier Roman Petushkov triumphed an unprecedented six times at his home Paralympic Winter Games at Sochi 2014.