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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Hannah Cockroft - best and worst career moment
Athletics

The T34 wheelchair racer talks about her career highs and lows as she prepares to defend her Paralympic titles at Rio 2016.

More than 20 alpine skiers, snowboarders, their coaches and guides from seven countries participated in the first PyeongChang 2018 Actualising the Dream education and training workshops which concluded in Stara Planina, Serbia.
Alpine Skiing

Twenty-three athletes, coaches and guides were introduced to the Paralympic Movement and received training from experienced professionals in Stara Planina, Serbia.

Representatives of the International Paralympic Committee, IPC Shooting and the Italian Shotgun Shooting Federation met in Rome, Italy, on 21 January, to discuss the continued development of para-clay target shooting towards becoming an IPC Shooting recognised discipline.
Shooting

Further meetings were held in January to discuss classification research.

Aerial view of the Tokyo Skytree
Tokyo 2020

Plans to deliver a minimal impact Paralympic and Olympic Games have been outlined.

Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel
Snowboard

The USA’s Amy Purdy and Mike Schultz and Dutch Paralympic and world champion Bibian Mentel-Spee will all make their return from Thursday (4 February).

In meIn’s C1 racing, China’s Zhang Yu Li earned his second gold medal in as many days at the 2015 UCI Para-Cycling Track World Championships.
Cycling

Seminars were held in Tokyo to discuss how to diversify the sport in the region.

Two snowboarders race on a slope
Archery

Many sports in the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme are back in action for the first time this year.

View on a slope with sit skier passing
PyeongChang 2018

The USA’s Oksana Masters and Canada’s Mark Arendz also secure victories in PyeongChang, South Korea.

Collage of five images showing five athletes
Sailing

The public has until 9 February to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

A picture of a woman showing her both gold medals
Rio 2016

The National Paralympic Committee expects to distribute approximately BRL 3 million in rewards.

London 2012 unveil Anti-Doping Laboratory.
USA

The American T43 sprinter tested positive for benzoylecgonine, a metabolite of cocaine, at the 2015 US Championships.

Veronica Hipolito of Brazil set World Record over 100m T38 at the IPC Athletics World Championships.
Athletics

The Brazilian T38 sprinter talks us through her typical day of training as she prepares for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Richard Brown
Athletics

From training to unwinding at home, here are the world champion’s top tracks.

collage
Wheelchair Tennis

Catch up on what happened in the first month of the Paralympic year.

Woman in a racing wheelchair competing
Athletics

Richard Browne, Tatyana McFadden and Jeremy Campbell are among the 47-strong team.

Blindfolded football player celebrates
Rio 2016

IBSA also released an updated ranking list of the sport.

Man on mono ski during a run
Alpine Skiing

Ice sledge hockey gold medallist Nikko Landeros collected silver in mono-skier X at the Winter X Games in Aspen, USA, on Saturday (30 January).

Daniela Luchina, Yeny Paola Martinez, Miranda Biletski, Maia Amai
Wheelchair Rugby

Four different stories of women who have taken on the heavy-hitting sport.

Carl Murphy
Snowboard

After a knee injury put him out of action for more than a year, the New Zealander is ready to compete again.

Wheelchair tennis player lifts the Australian Open trophy
Wheelchair Tennis

It was the first Grand Slam singles title for Great Britain's Gordon Reid