Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

athlete with a silver medal

The city of Moncton will host the first-ever national Championships 19-20 May.

Helene Ripa

The Swede thought she had got silver in the long distance cross-country at Sochi 2014, before she realised she had gone one better.

IPC Athletics has opened the bid process for the 2019 World Championships.

The 2019 event will be one of the last major international para-athletics events before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

wheelchair dance

Two new events have been added to the programme whilst Turkey make their first steps into the sport.

Man in wheelchair playing tennis

Reid to face Gerard for title, while women’s singles finals will be an all-Dutch showdown.

Three women alpine skiers pose with their medals from a World Cup

French Paralympic and world champion Marie Bochet wins her latest race at the IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Tignes, France.

Podium with three teams

Ryan Cockbill, James Bevis and Tim Jefferey clinch team rifle gold on concluding day of IPC Shooting World Cup in Al Ain, UAE.

View on a biathlon stadium, covered with snow

The Asia Cup will get underway on Thursday (28 January) as athletes get the chance to experience the venue for the next Paralympic Winter Games.

Spanish PC Logo

The agreements will help support Spanish athletes financially, among others, ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Man in wheelchair, hitting a ball with a tennis racket

Aniek Van Koot advances to semi-finals in women’s division.

Mac Marcoux

Austria’s Paralympic champion Marcus Salcher also secures his first World Cup victory in the opening speed races of the season.

A man wearing a navy shirt playing table tennis

Table tennis star Will Bayley is the top-ranked player in one of the most competitive classes heading into Rio 2016.

alpine skiing

More than 24 athletes took part in assessments at an IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in Slovenia aiming to improve the classification system.

Chuck Aoki

The wheelchair rugby player shares why he is conflicted when being told that people ‘forget he uses a wheelchair.’

Man in yellow training suit raising his arms

Powerlifter Joseano Felipe, who was shot in spine trying to stop mass escape in 2000, broke an Americas record at the Rio 2016 test event.

Group shot of people in the snow holding a banner

National Technical Officials from South Korea are ready to oversee alpine skiing and snowboard competitions during the next two seasons.

French skier Marie Bochet skied the downhill at Panorama 2015.

The 11-time world champion and quadruple Paralympic champion reveals all about her season so far.

London’s former Olympic Stadium

British athletics family have until 31 March 2016 to register for priority purchase for the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Man in wheelchair targeting

Great Britain claim team gold in R4 (mixed 10m air rifle standing SH2) in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.

Group picture with four people smiling to the camera

Austrian Ministry of Sports has given EUR 20 million to support athletes vying for Rio 2016 Games.