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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Youngjun Jeon of South Korea, a gold medal winner at Suhl 2014
Shooting

Jinho Park and Youngjun Jeon both win individual golds and set or equal world records on a day to remember for South Korea at Suhl 2014.

A man waves the Paralympic flag on stage
PyeongChang 2018

Jin-sun Kim has resigned as President of POCOG

Shingo Kunieda in a wheelchair plays a backhand with his tennis racket
Wheelchair Tennis

World No.1 claims his fifth British Open title with convincing straight sets win in Nottingham

ADAMS

New version of the clearinghouse will be launched in 2016 following introduction of revised Code.

Veronika Vadovicova and Natascha Hiltrop
Shooting

Day three (21 July) of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships in Suhl, Germany, will see a major battle taking place amongst the top stars as the R3 and R4 mixed events take place.

A woman raises her arms in celebration.
Shooting

South Korea’s Heejung Lee waited until his final shot to claim gold, as Iran’s Sareh Javanmardidodmani also topped the podium on the second day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.

An athlete poses showing his gold medal.
Powerlifting

Nearly 40 athletes from 15 countries will compete in four medal events at the Commonwealth Games.

Richard Browne and Jonnie Peacock
Athletics

Sainsbury's Anniversary Games in the British capital saw a number of athletes who will compete at Swansea 2014 in action.

A picture of a man swimming with his both hands above the surface
Swimming

Cowdrey, Freney, Hynd and Pascoe amongst the star names set to compete in the Commonwealth Games

A picture of a men on a podium with medals around their neck
Athletics

Some of the world’s best athletes including David Weir and Kurt Fearnley will compete in six medal events at the Commonwealth Games.

Japan's Yui Kamiji took the 2014 title after beating Aniek van Koot of the Netherlands 6-3, 2-6, 6-4.
Wheelchair Tennis

World No.1 claimed women's title whilst world No.4 took victory in the quads in Nottingham.

Jonas Jacobsson
Shooting

Sweden's Jonas Jacobsson took his 18th world title, as Vadovicova and Kovalchuk also topped the podium on the first day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.

Suhl Stadt
Shooting

IPC Governing Board Member John Petersson opened the biggest IPC Shooting World Championships on record.

A man in a wheelchair swings back a tennis racket in preparation of hitting a backhand.
Wheelchair Tennis

British world No.3 defeats Wagner for sixth time in his career to reach quads final.

Vadovicova wins gold at Alicante 2013
Shooting

Double European champion Veronika Vadovicova has revealed that despite a knee injury, she feels on track to win her first ever world title.

Sergey Malyshev of Russia, wearing glasses, a visor and ear protection shoots his Mixed P3-25m Pistol at an indoor range at The Royal Artillery Barracks
Shooting

After an exciting first day, more of the sport's top stars start their world title campaigns on Sunday (20 June) in Suhl, Germany.

Joachim Gerard
Wheelchair Tennis

Top four seeds in the men’s, women’s and quad singles all make the semi-finals in Nottingham

Jonas Jacobsson - London 2012
Shooting

Multiple Paralympic and world champion Jonas Jacobsson has been shooting for over thirty years and gives his reflections on the progress of the sport ahead of the start of competition at the biggest ever IPC Shooting World Championships.

Two men in skiing suits waving flower bouquets. They both stand on a podium in the snow
Sochi 2014

US Paralympics has announced that 19 athletes have been nominated to the 2014-15 U.S. Paralympics alpine skiing national team.

Roman Petushkov
Sochi 2014

Six-time Sochi 2014 gold medallist is the 2014 winner of the Juan Antonio Samaranch IOC Disabled Athlete Award.