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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Maksym Veraksa
Swimming

Rivalries will be reignited as some of para-swimming’s most decorated athletes compete in Funchal, Portugal.

Two women in jerseys smiling and raising her arms
Goalball

Check out all the events that will headline this month in para-sport.

Selfie of two women smiling with many kids in the background
Athletics

The two Italian sprinters told 100 youngsters about their excitement for June’s IPC Athletics European Championships.

Cuba’s Yunidis Castillo and Omara Durand
Athletics

Two of the world’s top sprinters talk about what it means to train under the guidance of their coach Miriam Ferrer – and how their relationship is more like family.

David Drahoninsky
Archery

Here are the top storylines in the sport leading up to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

A swimmer wearing goggles laid on his back in the water at the start of a race.
Swimming

Kokarev shaves more than two seconds off European record and Uzbekistan S13 swimmers break Asian records.

South Korea’s speed skating champion LEE Sang-hwa was appointed as Honorary Ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games.
PyeongChang 2018

Speed skater LEE Sang-hwa will play a role in engaging public attention to the Games.

Sarai Garcon competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM9 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Swimming

With 22 gold medals up for grabs, the opening day in Funchal, Portugal, will provide a thrilling start to the swimming European Championships.

London 2017 logo
Athletics

The new appointments will have a strategic oversight of London’s delivery of the World Athletics Championships.

Prince Harry poses with the USA's Tatanya Mcfadden and Switzerland's Marcel Hug after both won the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon.
Triathlon

Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during April.

World Anti Doping Agency's Logo.

The Report highlights that there was a total of 1,693 ADRVs recorded in 2014, involving individuals from 109 nationalities and across 83 sports.

Swimmers launch into the pool
Swimming

Big name athletes such as Brazil’s Daniel Dias, France’s Elodie Lorandi and the world’s fastest Paralympian, Ukraine’s Maksym Veraksa, will be in action from 1 May.

Man archer holds bow and arrows
Archery

Here are some of the para-archers to keep an eye on as they focus on the target at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Paralympics Ireland launched the third instalment of their powerful ‘More Than Sport’ campaign.
Swimming

Keane, who will compete in the upcoming European Open Championships stars in the latest video from Paralympics Ireland.

Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.
Shooting

Nearly 140 athletes from more than 35 countries will compete in Szczecin, Poland, from 1-4 May.

swimmingpool
Swimming

Competition at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships will get underway on Sunday (1 May).

Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman
Archery

Paralympic silver medallist Matt Stutzman is one of the most popular archers to watch heading into Rio 2016.

Rodrigo Luquez of Argentina and Jose Monteiro Guimaraes of Brazil in the football 7-a-side gold medal game at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
Football 7-a-side

Seven of the qualified teams will face off for the last time before September’s Paralympic Games.

Man in wheelchair doing a dancing pose
Para dance sport

The men’s singles is one to watch, with Worlds medallists expected to battle for the podium.

Teresa Perales with her gold medal after success at Glasgow 2015.
Swimming

In the build-up to her fifth Paralympic Games, Spain’s six-time gold medallist refuses to contemplate hanging up her swimming goggles.