PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para Ice Hockey

The state-of-the-art venue for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A-Pool World Championships has opened in Buffalo, New York, USA.

Athletes from Asia dominated para-sport in October, with history also being made in Gambia.

Athletics

Reacting to an online blog that labelled wheelchair racing “not elite sport”, US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki challenges Olympians to support Paralympians to be recognised as elite athletes in the media.

Athletics

The USA’s Tatyana McFadden recovered from a fall to win the New York Marathon, with Australia’s Kurt Fearnley scooping the men’s title.

Table Tennis

The new IPC anti-doping code has been published, Australia are set to host the first ever integrated table tennis tournament and more.

Wheelchair Tennis

November will see the IBSA Football 5-a-side World Championships, the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships and more.

A prosthesis, prosthetic, or prosthetic limb is a manufactured extension that replaces a missing body part. It comes from a Greek word which means ‘addition’.

Shooting

The Asian Para Games took centre stage in October, with the Ice Sledge Hockey 4 Nations Cup another highlight of the sporting month.

Alpine Skiing

The Austrian duo received the awards after their medal winning performances at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

Portugal

IPC President Sir Philip Craven travelled to Lisbon to attend the congress.

Great Britain

The award, in partnership with Sky Sports, sees Stephanie Slater, Jordanne Whiley, Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans and Libby Clegg all nominated.

Athletics

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations awarded gold to Swansea 2014 in the Best Sporting Campaign Category

Biathlon

The group responsible for developing IPC Nordic Skiing will be led by former athlete Rob Walsh for another four years.

Rio 2016

Jono Wing and Stuart Hogg have both taken on new state-of-the-art boats in a bid to reach the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Shooting

As part of the second phase of developing a shotgun discipline for para-athletes, representatives of the sport travelled to Todi, Italy.

Rio 2016

The 2015 Rio de Janeiro ITU World Para-Triathlon event in Brazil will act as the test event for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The 2015 Code will come into force on 1 January 2015 and be applied to Paralympic Games, sports under the governance of and recognised by the IPC and all Member organisations.

Table Tennis

The 2015 ITTF Oceania Cup and Para-Table Tennis Championships will integrate able-bodied and para-athletes together and offer athletes the chance to qualify for Rio 2016 directly.

Archery

A recap of all the Paralympic sports contested at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para-Games, including badminton, which will make its debut at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Athletics

Double Paralympian Peter Trotter, who won a full set of medals at the 1984 Paralympics, passed away aged 58.