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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Wheelchair curler on the ice with team in the background

A regular stone is made out of special granite from the Scottish Island Ailsa Craig and weighs 19.96kg.

Denis Toomey with Catherine Walsh
Rio 2016

President of Cycling Ireland will spearhead the Irish team at Rio 2016

Sandra Paovic wins para table tennis world championships
Table Tennis

Fighting back from a life-threatening accident, Croatia’s Sandra Paovic won the women’s class 6 title at the 2014 ITTF Para-Table Tennis World Championships.

David Smith
Boccia

British world champion sets his sights on individual gold and team success at Rio 2016

Marie Bochet
Alpine Skiing

French para-alpine skiing star is more motivated than ever to continue dominating the women’s standing class in the 2014/2015 season

Simone Briese-Baetke of Germany wins Silver during her Womens Epee Category B on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Wheelchair Fencing

German aiming for further success at IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Hong Kong

Group picture of the attendees of the Agitos Foundation workshop in Mexico
America

Final “Road TO15: Agitos Foundation Sessions” event is held in Mexico City and attracts nearly 75 participants from 17 National Paralympic Committees.

Ukraine's Ihor Reptyukh on his way to winning the 10km cross-country 2014 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup race in Vuokatti, Finland.
Biathlon

Ihor Reptyukh and Oleksandra Kononova win the biathlon sprint standing races on the last day of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti, Finland.

Tokyo 2020 success
Tokyo 2020

After winning the Games in September 2013, Tokyo 2020 has progressed at great speed and with great enthusiam.

Brazilian minister of Sport Aldo Rebelo, Leomon Moreno, Terezinha Guilhermina, guide Guilherme Santana and CPB president Andrew Parsons
Goalball

The 2014 best female and male athletes were selected by the Brazilian public through an online vote.

Marta Zaynullina, Russia pushes on
Biathlon

On the penultimate day of competition, there were wins for Russians Chokhlaev, Golubkov and Zaynullina, as well as Ukraine’s Shyshkova.

IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez and Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto shaking hands
Tokyo 2020

IPC and Tokyo 2020 held its first Project Review between 15-16 December, reviewing a number of areas.

Michele George, winner of the Belgian Paralympian of the Year 2014.
Equestrian

Para-dressage rider joins list of previous winners including Joachim Gerard and Marieke Vervoort

Alexey Bugaev, Russian Federation is so fast his speed moves the gates and takes the gold medal
PyeongChang 2018

Bugaev leads a clean sweep for Russia in the men’s standing, whilst Rothfuss, Schaffelhuber and Krako also picked up wins.

Ellie Simmonds and Andrew Mullen in the pool with a huge ticket in hand
Swimming

Britain’s best known Paralympian launches tickets sales for the nation’s biggest para-sport event since London 2012.

Longjumper jumping in front of Allianz banner
Athletics

2014 has been a hugely successful year for the sports governed by the International Paralympic Committee.

Anna Schaffelhuber
PyeongChang 2018

Paralympic medallists Markus Salcher, Andrea Rothfuss and Valerii Redkozubov also finish on top of the podium in Pitztal, Austria.

A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.
Rio 2016

Nearly 325,000 people took part in the public vote to decide the name of the Rio 2016 Paralympic mascot.

Game kicks off at centre ice
Para Ice Hockey

Find out more about the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool, taking place from 15-21 March.

An athlete poses showing his gold medal.
Powerlifting

Powerlifting world champion Ali Jawad looks forward to competing against Egypt's Sherif Othman next year.