Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of 3 men crossing the finish line during an athletics race

The 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships begin on Friday, where some of the biggest names in para-athletics will be hoping to add World titles to their medals from London 2012.

Evan O'Hanlon

The IPC’s Editorial Co-ordinator takes a look beyond the names on the stat sheet heading into the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Michelle Stilwell and Marieke Vervoort infographic

Two veterans on the track – Belgium’s Marieke Vervoort and Canada’s Michelle Stilwell – will sprint to the finish at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Benoit Huot and Valerie Grand Maison WADA campaign

Paralympic and World Champions from Canada, Brazil, Great Britain and the USA put their names to anti-doping day at IPC Swimming World Champs.

Nassima Saifi of Algeria competes in the Women's Discus Throw - F57/58 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Eight Paralympic medallists part of team sent to Lyon 2013.

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Andrew Parsons currently serves as a Member at Large of the IPC Governing Board.

A picture of 3 men crossing the finish line during an athletics race

Argentina's football 7-a-side team plays against Great Britain at the London 2012 Paralympics

This month’s Intercontinental Cup will serve as a qualification tournament for the CPISRA Football 7-a-Side World Championships.

Assunta Legnante

Italian Assunta Legnante sets season's best in shot put ahead of World Champs and aims for a podium in the discus.

Wilfried Lemke visits NPC Iran

UN Special Advsior Wilfried Lemke met with NPC Iran to discuss the organisation’s successes and development initiatives.

Men's 100m T43 World Records infographic

Brazilian Paralympic champion Alan Fonteles Oliveira is targeting world records in France at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Anti-Doping Laboratory

Slawomir Okoniewski suspended for three months for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.

Inge Huitzing

Inge Huitzing’s 24-point performance helped the Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team take the European title this year.

Terezinha Guilhermina

Eighty-six of the 98 countires competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships will arrive in the city on Monday (15 July).

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Sporting events consultancy appointed to carry out a strategic, independant review of London 2012.

A picture of a woman with the guide running on the track

Brazilian world and Paralympic champion wants to go faster than ever before.

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German smashes Australian's world record ahead of world title showdown on 26 July

Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillis

Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillis won the men’s -90kg category at both the IBSA Parapan American Championships and USA Judo International Championships.

A picture of women on a podium with medals around their neck

Hannah Cockroft’s father on what it was like for him seeing his daughter win gold at London 2012, and what has changed going into Lyon 2013.

Dale Francis Johnston

A small group of Australian dressage riders are spending the summer in Europe to prepare for major international equestrian events.