PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ireland

Ireland’s hosting of EPC General Assembly and Conference comes to successful conclusion on Saturday (5 October).

Sochi 2014

New Zealand's star para-snowboarder was named the Snow Sports NZ Athlete of the Year.

Paralympic Opening and Closing Ceremonies now available for next March's Games.

Powerlifting

Raise The Bar- Say No! to Doping will be rolled out across upcoming international competitions.

Ireland

The Irish Paralympic Order was presented to three individuals at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Ireland.

Shooting

The 2013 Brazilian Open Shooting Championships will be held at the Rio 2016 shooting range and brings together athletes from seven North and South American countries.

Powerlifting

Ireland

Paralympics Ireland to host event in country for only second time.

Sochi 2014

Support your team at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games and keep your hands warm at the same time.

Para Ice Hockey

Members of the public have the opportunity to watch USA’s ice sledge hockey team that’s headed to Sochi 2014 next year.

Para Ice Hockey

On a team full of veterans, this 26-year-old defenceman is one to keep your eyes on at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Qualification Tournament.

Africa

More than 30 countries and organisations will receive over 630,000 Euros to develop para-sport worldwide.

Archery

Great Britain’s Danielle Brown, Iran’s Zahra Nemati, USA’s Matt Stutzman and Russia’s Timur Tuchnov are all Ones to Watch at next month’s World Archery Para-Championships.

October will be highlighted by the Youth Parapans and Asian Youth Para-Games, in addition to major IPC Shooting and IWRF Wheelchair Rugby events.

Table Tennis

The defending Paralympic, world and European champion lost her opening round singles match, making for a thrilling start to the European Championships.

Blind Football

The Brazilian football 5-a-side team have not lost a major international tournament since 1996.

Table Tennis

Several of the top female table tennis players held onto their European titles, though a lot of the top-ranked men were upset in the final rounds.

Azerbaijan

Double-Paralympic champion judoka Iham Zaikyev attended the official launch of the nation’s Children’s Paralympic Committee.

Alpine Skiing

The USOC have launched a new talent identification programme that aims to help them create the No. 1 Paralympic team in the world.

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Swimmer follows up IPC Athlete of the Month win with two short-course world records at New Zealand nationals.