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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine
Swimming

On the penultimate day of the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, the home team also pushed up the medals table.

Australia's Daniel Fox in a yellow swim cap swimming freestyle
Swimming

The S14 swimmer, who also holds the 200m freestyle world record, set a new 100m best time on the third day of the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships

A female swimmer in a race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.
Swimming

Olivier van de Voort en Summer Mortimer claimen Europese titels

A swimmers emerges from the water to begin a stroke
Swimming

A series of top swimmers all win their third or fourth Euros golds from the pool in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Germany's Rehm shows sportsmanship in fixing Turkey's Baris Telli's prosthetic to allow him to perform better
Athletics

IPC blogger and sports photographer Luc Percival details an incredible moment of sportsmanship he recently witnessed when covering para-sport

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up
Swimming

One world and one European record broken during Friday morning's session at the IPC Swimming Europeans.

Dutch swimmer Simon Boer racing at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships
Swimming

19-jarige pakt Europese titel op 200 meter schoolsla

A swimmer clenches his fists in delight after winning gold at London 2012.
Swimming

Friday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships is headlined by the men’s 200m freestyle S4, a race in which Dutchman Michael Schoenmaker has taken six seconds off his time from London 2012.

A swimmer diving into the pool at the start of a race.
Swimming

With two golds, one silver and one bronze on Wednesday, Italy now has 11 medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros surpassing the nine they won at Berlin 2011.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing Basketball
Great Britain

British wheelchair basketball team announced to face the Netherlands on 30 August

Japan v New Zealand at 2014 IWRF World Championships Odense
Wheelchair Rugby

Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.

Man in a wheelchair with a ball in his lap going forward.
Wheelchair Rugby

Canada has edged past Great Britain by just a single point as Australia, Japan and USA all secured victories on day four of the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

Two women and one man in dressage uniforms standing on the medals podium.
Equestrian

Paralympic bronze medallist Hosmar part of Dutch team for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014.

Mandy Francois-Elie winning the 100m T37 in Lyon 2013
Wheelchair Rugby

IPC blogger and the USA’s wheelchair rugby star, Chuck Aoki, wants to see every medal awarded to athletes in team sports to count towards the medal tally at major competitions.

USA player pushes past a Japanese player
Wheelchair Rugby

Australia and the USA remain undefeated after the final pool matches at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

A group of four players in wheelchairs - two per side - fight for the ball during a wheelchair rugby match.
Wheelchair Rugby

With a special trophy given, a new online vote will allow fans to decide on who they feel was the best player at the 2014 IWRF World Championships

A picture of a woman standing with a silver medal around her neck
Swimming

Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Russia’s Oleysa Vladykina both won women’s breaststroke gold, touching in at the same time to both take gold as three world records were also broken at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Dressed in green and seated in a wheelchair, a player looks on as another lies face down with his wheel broken from his chair.
Wheelchair Rugby

The big four of USA, Australia, Canada and Japan all got thier world title bids off to a good start on Tuesday in Odense, Denmark.

A picture of a man swimming
Swimming

U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.

Ricardo Costa de Oliveira of Brasil
Athletics

Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.