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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picure of a man in the pool holding starting block with his hands
Swimming

Journalists can register to cover the event via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Gustavo Martinez
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Paralympic.org had some time with the Mexican swimmer, who heads to Montreal 2013 hoping to follow up on his amazing success in London.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair playing a forehand during a wheelchair tennis match.
Wheelchair Tennis

Dutch pair Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot are hoping to light up the Wimbledon courts in the wheelchair doubles competition.

Germany women's wheelchair basketball team
Wheelchair Basketball

Germany, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands will all fight for the women’s European crown.

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Ukrainian sets IAAF Diamond League record in Switzerland.

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Rio 2016

• Games to feature 526 medal events across 22 sports• Women and athletes with high support needs main beneficiaries of additional events

Ukraine shooting team
Shooting

A fired up Ukrainian squad dominated the third stage of the IPC Shooting World Cup in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain.

Italy wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball

The men’s and women’s quarter-final matchups are now set at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.

Anton Datsko
Wheelchair Fencing

The Ukrainian wheelchair fencer will look to light up the foil and sabre events at this week’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup.

Dan Greaves, Jeremy Campbell and Farzad Sepahvand pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the Men's Discus Throw F44 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Athletics

Two of the biggest rivals in athletics - Jeremy Campbell and Dan Greaves - face off in Lyon, with Campbell looking to take the discus F44 world title away from Greaves.

Marieke Vervoort and Michelle Stilwell
Athletics

Take a look at five head-to-head races or events that could light up the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Demba Jarju of Gambia competes in the Men's 800m -T34 race at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Gambia

African nation signs important convention to secure the future of para-sport, following extensive work by the Gambian National Paralympic Committee.

Cameron Leslie
2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Champion swimmer balances international wins with love of wheelchair rugby, as he prepares to compete at his third World Championships for New Zealand.

Faris Al-Ajeeli of Iraq sticks his tongue out whilst attempting a lift
Powerlifting

The 2013 IPC Powerlifting Asian Championships scheduled for 8-15 July in Gwangju, Korea, have cancelled.

Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympics

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has received a record number of entries for the 2013 Paralympic Sport Awards which will be presented in November in Athens, Greece, recognising achievements for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

NPC Croatia Charter
Croatia

The Charter of the Republic of Croatia recognised the achievements of NPC Croatia and the country’s Paralympians.

Canada wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair Rugby

The two squads from Canada and Great Britain stole the spotlight at the 2013 Metro Cup in Warsaw, Poland.

Lex Gillette
2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

With the IPC Athletics World Championships coming up in Lyon, France, here are some lines to chat up that one special person.

2011 Inas Games
Ecuador

Eight sports will be featured at the 4th Inas Global Games in September 2015.

Turkey wheelchair basketball
Wheelchair Basketball

Turkey recorded a big win against Italy in the women’s preliminary round of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.