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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Maddison Elliott

Une soirée inattendue à Montréal 2013 pour la championne mondiale Jessica Long défaite aux mains de l’Australienne âgée de quatorze ans, Maddison Elliott.

Benoit Huot at the 2010 IPC Swimming World Championships

Read what the athletes said when they came off the pool

Maddison Elliott

Evening of upsets at Montreal 2013 headlined by the defeat of multiple world champion Jessica Long to 14 year-old Maddison Elliot.

Jessica Long at Montreal 2013

Long wins third consecutive world title in world record time.

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine

Olga Sviderska sets new world record in women's 150m individual medley SM3.

Jessica Long à Montréal 2013

Jessica Long obtient son troisième titre mondial en un temps record.

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine

Olga Sviderska établit un nouveau record mondial au 150 m quatre nages individuel SM3.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and shoulders above the surface

Paralympic and world champions are all safely through to the finals on day four of Montreal 2013.

A picture of a woman with a prosthesis wearing an American flag to celebrate her victory

The 2013 ITU Para-Triathlon World Championships will take place in London, Great Britain on 13 September.

Jessica Long

Les détenteurs de records mondiaux et leurs rivaux seront au devant de la scène au sixième jour de Montréal 2013.

Germany wheelchair rugby

Great Britain will face Sweden and Denmark will challenge Germany in the semi-finals.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and shoulders above the surface

Les champions paralympiques et mondiaux se sont tous qualifiés aux finales de la cinquième journée.

Montreal 2013 Day 1 heats

Read what the athletes said when they came off the water.

Leon Jorgensen

Denmark are off to a hot start at the IWRF European Wheelchair Rugby European Championships, having won their first three games.

Maria Jose Guevara

A pair of Venezuelans have built a para-dressage programme from the ground up, and now they’re ready to be among the elite.

John Kerry takes part in the "Lend Your Leg" programme in Bogota, Colombia.

John Kerry visited Bogota’s high performance centre for para-sport and relayed how important the Paralympic Movement is.

Mariappan Perumal of Malaysia waves to the crowd before he competes.

The event will take place from 3-7 November and is expected to draw 150 athletes from 20 countries.

Official presentation of Pachi the porcupine, the Toronto 2015 mascot

The Toronto Parapan American Games are being fully integrated with the able-bodied competition in the lead-up to Rio 2016.

Stephane Tardieu

Tom Aggar, Oksana Masters, Stephane Tardieu headline the field for this month’s World Rowing Championships in South Korea.

Peter Genyn

Denmark, Belgium and Great Britain all had success on the second day of the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby European Championships.