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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Agitos at London

The International Paralympic Committee’s development arm, the Agitos Foundation, on Wednesday (23 July) announced that 28 IPC member organisations from around the world will receive EUR 650,000 of funding through the second edition of its hugely successful Grant Support Programme.

4 hockey players in sledges chat
Para Ice Hockey

Team USA for the 2014-15 season features 17 players, include 11 Sochi 2014 gold medallists.

On target the London 2012 Paralympic Games archery
Archery

Starting this Saturday (26 July) 150 of Europe’s best archers will line-up ready to win gold.

Amalia Perez Ones to Watch main picture
Rio 2016

Mexican Paralympic champion Amalia Perez was injured for most of 2013 but secured silver behind rival Fatma Omar at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships and has vowed to be back in gold medal-winning form by Rio 2016.

Agitos at Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Centre
Athletics

After a busy year for para-sport, the IPC has published its achievements from 2013.

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Para dance sport

Russian wheelchair dance couple Maksim Sedakov and Svetlana Kukushina first met through a chance encounter but Sedakov has gone on to dance at the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Three female swimmers, Sarai Gascon of Spain, Amy Marren of Great Britain and Ellen Keane of Ireland pose with their 100m butterfly S9 medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships
Swimming

Ellen Keane will compete at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, having become a Paralympian even before finishing her exams.

Gordon Strachen at Hampden Park which will host the athletics at Glasgow 2014.
Athletics

Around 300 para-athletes from 20 countries will compete in 22 medal events across five sports, the most ever.

Sophie Wells
Equestrian

Team of five will compete in Normandy, France, between 23 August and 7 September

A woman looks up as she races in a wheelchair at the front of the pack with fans along the side of the road.
Athletics

Marcel Hug and Manuela Schaer headline the Swiss team for the IPC Athletics European Championships

Women in a shooting range targeting
Shooting

Minna Leinonen claimed a dramatic gold by just 0.1 on day five (23 July) of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.

UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup Segovia
Cycling

UCI Para-Cycling Road World Cup takes place this weekend (25-27 July) in Segovia, Spain.

Anne d’Ieteren and Philippe Mees
Belgium

Mees held the position since 1 January 2014 but has left for personal reasons

An wheelchair racer shouts out after crossing the finish line in first place.
Athletics

Flying Finn ready to face some of the world’s best wheelchair racers at Swansea 2014

Matthew Skelhon of Great Britain catches a glimpse of the camera while competing in the mixed R6-50m Rifle Prone- SH1 final
Shooting

Great Britain's Matt Skelhon and Sweden's Joackim Norberg were the gold medal winners on the fourth day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Women in a shooting range with the branding "London 2012"

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has welcomed Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne (UIPM) as the newest recognised International Federation of the Paralympic Family.

Jonas Jacobsson close-up
Shooting

Gold medallists Jonas Jacobsson and Veronika Vadovicova, as well as Heejun Lee back in action on day four (22 July) in Suhl, Germany.

Two football players tackle for the ball on a blue field of play
Football 7-a-side

Eleven teams will compete in the 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships between 23 July and 4 August.

Australian Paralypians wear 2XU kit in front of the Sydney Opera House.
Australia

After supplying kit for London 2012 and Sochi 2014, 2XU will continue to supply thr Australian Paralympic Committee through to Rio 2016.

Ireland football 7-a-side team
Football 7-a-side

European championships will be first major event for team Germany that has only been existing since the beginning of 2014.