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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Boccia - Dirceu Jose Pinto and Eliseu Dos Santos
Boccia

With seven months to go until the 2014 BISFed Boccia World Championships, take a look at the athletes to beat.

Vadim Selyukin
Para Ice Hockey

Can the host nation’s sledge hockey team medal at Sochi 2014 in their Paralympic debut?

Fearnley beats Hug to 2013 London marathon title
Athletics

David Weir and Tatyana McFadden will return to the Virgin Money London Marathon in 2014

Michal Vapenka
Para Ice Hockey

At age 40, the ice sledge hockey player is eager to prove he still has what it takes to win his first Paralympic medal at Sochi 2014.

La Molina snowboard World Cup Finals
Alpine Skiing

IPCAS Snowboard World Cup Finals head to La Molina, Spain, and will feature around 40 riders vying for position ahead of Sochi 2014.

Toronto 2015
Canada

The IPC’s Worldwide Paralympic Partner will provide timing, scoring and results services at the next Parapan American Games.

Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine and Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan compete in the Men's 73kg Gold Medal Contest at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Sochi 2014

With a small team, Uzbekistan will compete at its first Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi after 20 years at the Winter Olympics.

Sir Philip Craven shakes hands with the wife of UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon.
Athletics

Ban Ki-moon and Sir Philip Craven talk about the Paralympic Movement ahead of Olympic Opening Ceremony in Sochi.

Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Malaysia

World’s premier honours event in the sporting calendar to take place on 26 March

The Bulgarian team is led through the stadium by flag bearer Aleksandar Stoyanov during the Opening Ceremony of the 2010 Vancouver Winter Paralympic Games
Sochi 2014

The Balkan country will be celebrating its twentieth year competing at the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi.

Czech Republic ice sledge hockey team
Para Ice Hockey

The Czech Republic are still seeking their first Paralympic medal in ice sledge hockey and have all the ingredients to obtain one at Sochi 2014.

Talisson Glock Montreal 2013
Rio 2016

The Brazilian Paralympic Committee has created a programme for nine young swimmers in a bid to win more medals at Rio 2016.

3D model of para-snowboard course Sochi 2014
Sochi 2014

First ever Paralympic snowboard-cross course is revealed, complete with 22 challenging features.

Mohamed Farhat Chida of Tunisia wins gold in the Men's 400m - T38 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Indonesia

Ecuador, Indonesia, Tunisia and the Americas Paralympic Committee will have an increased online presence.

Danelle Umstead
Alpine Skiing

Seven of the skiers named to the US Sochi 2014 team have won 22 Paralympic medals between themselves.

Bank Ki-moon stood behind a podium addressing the IOC session.
Biathlon

Speaking at the 126th IOC Session, Ban Ki-moon spoke of inspirational Paralympians.

Oleg Syssolyatin of Kazakhstan competes in the Men's 10km Standing Cross-Country Skiing at Vancouver 2010
Sochi 2014

Having not medalled for 20 years, Kazakhstan hopes to send a much larger team to Sochi than it did four years ago to Vancouver.

Mahmoud Khosravivafa was re-elected as President of the NPC Iran
Iran

Khosravivafa will serve a further four year term following election at 11th General Assembly.

Iran and Rwanda sitting volleyball
Sitting Volleyball

VolleySLIDE will help bolster the grassroots sports development initiatives in sitting volleyball around the world.

Russia's Aleksandra Frantceva and Guide Pavel Zabotin
Alpine Skiing

Russia’s Aleksandra Frantceva claimed back her form in the slalom to beat world champion Henrieta Farkasova, who has won every race since returning from injury.