Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sherif Osman

Twelve world records, pending IPC Powerlifting ratification, were set at the Fazza International Powerlifting Championships in Dubai, UAE.

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With five years to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, preparations are gaining momentum.

Tim Reddish

Tim Reddish will server another four years as head of the British Paralympic Assocation.

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USA’s Lex Gillette explains why the moment you make the decision to delete your disability from your mindset is the moment that you win.

Ukraine nordic skiing

On day four of the 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships, Ukraine racked up six titles.

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Already 27 EBU Members have committed to showing the Rio 2016 Paralympics in an extensive new agreement.

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With just over five months to go until the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships here’s a list of the top athletes to keep your eyes on.

Great Britain ice sledge hockey

Great Britain named the 13 players who will represent them at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

Day 6 highlights (ski cross team event) - 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships La Molina

France topped the medals table at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, with Marie Bochet completing a clean sweep of five golds.

Brian McKeever

Canadian skier Brian McKeever won his second gold medal on Wednesday (27 February) at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

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The British Paralympic Association will hold a second Sports Fest from 26-27 April in Sheffield.

Josh Dueck sit-skiing

Following the conclusion of this year’s IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships, Invermere, Canada was announced as the host city for the event in 2015.

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There will be 1,300 athletes from more than 100 countries competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships this summer.

Niklas Ingvarsson and Per Kasperi

Sweden’s Per Kasperi has become a rising star in the ice sledge hockey world.

Day 5 highlights (giant slalom) 2913 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

Graduate of IPC Development Camp in 2006 storms to five world titles

Estonia ice sledge hockey

Estonia won three games last week against Great Britain’s ice sledge hockey team during their exhibition series.

Russia's Roman Petushkov takes lead over teammate Irek Zaripov

The 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships are taking place in Solleftea, Sweden, from 25 February to 5 March.

A woman in the wheelchair at the biathlon track

Sit skier Andrea Eskau won the women’s sitting cross-country race on the second day of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships.

Austria's Matthias Lanzinger's ambitions for Alpine Skiing World Championships

Just five years after losing his leg in a skiing accident, Austria’s Matthias Lanzinger won a world title in the super-combined.

Sylvana Mestre with IPC Development Camp graduates Marie Bochet and Jasper Balcaen