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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a woman swimming
London 2012

Paralympic gold medallist Jessica-Jane Applegate will be amongst 12 London 2012 medallists who will return to compete in home water for the first time since the London Games on Saturday 30 August as part of National Paralympic Day in Great Britain.

Portrait of smiling man wearing a basecap showing his bronze medal to the camera.
Shooting

The world’s best shooters will line-up at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships, with competition starting on Saturday 19 July.

Declan Farmer
Sochi 2014

Duo from the gold medal winning USA ice sledge hockey team recognised together with Jamie Whitmore at prestigious awards in Los Angeles.

Kelly Gallagher
Alpine Skiing

A number of athletes, coaches, classifiers, academics and representatives of IPC Alpine Skiing met in Barcelona, Spain, to discuss the ongoing development of a sport specific classification system for alpine skiing.

Four men in wheelchairs all wearing blue jackets show pins to the camera, smiling
Sochi 2014

Japanese medal winners proudly show off their new pins following success at Sochi 2014.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing tennis.
Wheelchair Tennis

Great Britains Marc McCarroll and Japan’s Kanako Domori caused an upset on day two (16 July) at the 25th British Open

Joachim Gerard

It was a comfortable opening day for the seeded men’s players on Tuesday (15 July) as the 25th British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships got underway at Nottingham Tennis Centre, with the leading Brits, the world No. 1 and the defending champion all among those to ease into Wednesday’s second round.

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

In total there will be 20 para-athletics events on a packed programme which is set to take place in front of a 13,000 capacity crowd and shown live on the BBC.

Bosnia's men's sitting vollyeball team
Sitting Volleyball

Bosnia and Herzegovina’s Safet Alibasic has been named Allianz Athlete of the Month for June after helping his side to become world champions.

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

A total of 265 athletes from 53 countries will line up at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships from 18-23 July.

Anti-Doping Laboratory
Powerlifting

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that Iranian world silver medallist powerlifter Roohallah Rostami has been suspended and fined for an Anti-Doping Rule violation.

PNG Paralympic Committee partnership with Bank South Pacific (BSP)
Papua New Guinea

The Papua New Guinea National Paralympic Committee (PNGPC) has renewed its partnership with the country's leading bank

Women on a dark horse doing dressage lessons
Equestrian

Brazil and Canadian riders also perform well in last major event before August’s Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games.

Elodie Lorandi
Swimming

One of France’s best swimmers is heading to the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships chased by several young athletes, attempting to retain four titles from 2011.

Picture taken from above the basketball basket. Three female players in wheelchairs fighting for the ball under the basket.
Wheelchair Basketball

After stepping down as President, Orchard was reappointed as Secretary General

Upper body of women showing a medal to the camera
Shooting

After debuting at the 2010 IPC Shooting World Championships, Hungarian Kristina David suffered a huge injury setback but began her road to recovery in 2013 with a new world record and European bronze medal.

Tom Kierey
Canoe

Keirey takes gold for Germany, as Great Britain claim seven gold medals at the 2014 ECA Canoe Sprint European Championships in Brandenburg, Germany.

Australia have retained their title at the 2014 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Incheon, South Korea, by beating the USA.
Wheelchair Basketball

Australia have retained their title at the 2014 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships in Incheon, South Korea, by beating the USA.

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

With just five weeks to go until Swansea 2014, Jade Jones is tipping Switzerland's Manuela Schaer for big things.

Glasgow 2015 pool
Swimming

Glasgow 2015 to take place one year from now from 13-19 July.