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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two sledge hockey players in blue jerseys on the ice
Para Ice Hockey

A friendly between South Korea, Japan and the Czech Republic will get underway on Monday (8 February).

Sprinting woman
Athletics

The South African sprinter stars in a new monthly series looking at the relationship and bond between athlete and coach.

Three adaptive snowboarders celebrate their podium finishes at the 2016 IPC Snowboard World Cup in Aspen, USA
Snowboard

Dutch riders Bibian Mentel-Spee, Chris Vos and Austria’s Patrick Mayrhofer also take the first snowboard-cross wins of the season in the USA.

Georg Kreiter of Germany competes in Men's Downhill Sitting at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Alpine Skiing

The German world champion was helped on the way to world titles by multiple world and Paralympic champion Martin Braxenthaler.

Two men, one blindfolded, laughing
Athletics

The T11 world champion tells us about his life away from athletics and his love of music.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet
Athletics

The Australian double world champion in the T53 class was victorious over 100m, 400m and 1,500m at the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Two men practising judo
Judo

Top-ranked judoka look to get competition in ahead of the Rio 2016 Games.

A picture of a girl holding a gun
Shooting

Izumi Takehi and Toshio Moriwaki believe that by the time of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, awareness of shooting para-sport in Japan will have reached new levels.

Ivan Frantsev
Alpine Skiing

Due to bad weather downhill races took place on Friday along with super-G, which replaced the super-combined originally scheduled.

Florian Planker
Para Ice Hockey

As one of the leading players on his national ice sledge hockey team, Planker wants to continue to help lead the team.

Isis Holt of Australia competes in the women's 200m T35 final during the Evening Session at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Athletics

Nearly 100 athletes from nine countries will compete in the first Grand Prix of 2016 this weekend in Australia.

Women on snowboard on the slope
Snowboard

The Dutch world and Paralympic champion secured a poignant victory in the USA on World Cancer Day.

Louise Sauvage
Athletics

The Australian wheelchair racing great looks back at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics and talks about her career now as a coach

Kurt Fearnley, Chef de Mission Kate McLoughlin and Daniela Di Toro
Australia

The pair are the first team captains since 2004 and will lead more than 170 athletes to Rio 2016.

Dame Sarah Storey of Great Britain races in the women's individual time trial at the 2015 Amgen Tour of California on May 15, 2015 in Valencia, California.
Cycling

Dame Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy headline the squad to compete in Italy between 17-20 March.

Man in wheelchair holds woman in air while spinning wheelchair.
Para dance sport

The sport is continuing to build the competition calendar for the coming years off the back of a successful few seasons.

Yu Chui Yee (Alison Yu) portrait

The Paralympic champion uses World Cancer Day to remember those who comforted her during one of her most challenging times.

three females running, one wearing green, one blue and one red
Athletics

The 14-year-old double world champion is aiming to make a big impression at the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of Paralympic year.

Markus Salcher goes down the slope very fast, he seems to lose control
Alpine Skiing

South Korea also enjoyed the top step of the podium courtesy of Sang Min Han in Stara Planina, Serbia.

Steve Cash at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, USA.

Cash said cancer not only affects the patient, but families just as much.