PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Slovakia’s Jozef Metelka ensured himself of gold in the men’s 4,000m pursuit race final in the C4 class at Apeldoorn 2015.](/sites/default/files/images/150329075611629_Slovak.jpg)
UCI Para-cycling Track World Championships: Five champions hang on to their crowns
Saturday's winners included New Zealand’s Emma Foy, Australia’s Susan Powell, Great Britain’s Sarah Storey, Slovakia’s Jozef Metelka and Australia’s Michael Gallagher.
![Cuiqing Liu has three Superheros: her mother, her coach and Guohua Zhou.](/sites/default/files/images/150327102235411_29%2Bmar%2B2015_0.jpg)
#SuperheroSunday: Cuiqing Liu
Liu is the biggest threat to Brazil’s TerezhinaGuilherminaat Rio 2016 and this week tell us who her heroes are
![Josh Pauls, Brody Roybal and Declan Farmer](/sites/default/files/images/140221152003363__AMM4604.jpg)
Paralympic champions USA beat Canada 2-0
The Sochi 2014 gold medallists warmed up for April’s World Championships by completing a series whitewash of rivals Canada
![A British swimmer is filmed on completed a race a the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships](/sites/default/files/images/140806123455292_Hannah%2BRussell_0.jpg)
Russell and Firth swim to new world records
Great Britain’s Bethany Firth sets her third S14 mark and teammate Hannah Russell also hits form at the 2015 British Para-Swimming International Meet in Glasgow.
IWAS appoints new Sport Science and Medical Officer
Colombian Dr Johnson Nino-Soto has been appointed on a four-year term
![Declan Farmer](/sites/default/files/images/140313182548444_478417157.jpg)
US ice sledge hockey team defeats Canada 3-1
Kevin McKee and Declan Farmer are the star players in the second of the three game series ahead of the A-Pool Worlds in less than one month’s time.
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Bayley targets European title before setting his sights on Rio
After winning the world title last year, the Brits says he has another dream to achieve
![A group of people pose in front of an IPC Athletics banners in Tunis, Tunisia.](/sites/default/files/images/150327165118043_Tunisia.jpeg)
Athletics education programme gathers pace
The latest training opportunity for classifiers and officials took place along the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Tunis, Tunisia, supported by the Agitos Foundation.
![Matt Skelhon Alicante 2013](/sites/default/files/images/131025182030816_Matt%2BSkelhon.jpg)
Shooting World Cup season opener to get underway
World’s best shooters, including a 25-strong host team, to line-up in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain, for first IPC Shooting World Cup of 2015.
![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.](/sites/default/files/images/150328083325591_China%2Bbike.jpg)
China’s para-cyclists impress at UCI Track World Champs
In Apeldoorn, the Netherlands, Chinese cyclists won three world titles from six events on Friday (27 March).
![A swimmer smiles having won gold and set a new world record](/sites/default/files/images/150328101739870_MARK%2BPAIN%2BBETHANY%2BFIRTH%2B4.jpg)
Firth sets Glasgow alight with second world record
Great Britain’s Bethany Firth is unstoppable at the 2015 British Para Swimming International Meet.
![Alyda Norbrius competes at the 2015 UCI Para Cycling Track World Championships, Apeldoorn, the Netherlands](/sites/default/files/images/150327113837611_Alyda%2BNorbruis_0.jpg)
Norbruis seals track cycling world record
Home favourite Alyda Norbruis win women’s C2 gold as China and Great Britain take four titles apiece.
![Great Britain’s Bethany Firth set the 100m breaststroke SB14 world record](/sites/default/files/images/150327110549642_MARK%2BPAIN%2BBETHANY%2BFIRTH%2B1.jpg)
Firth sets world record at para-swimming international
Great Britain’s Bethany Firth brings down the 100m breaststroke S14 mark as a series of swimmers meet qualification times for 2015 Worlds.
![An ice sledge hockey goaltender raises his arms in celebration.](/sites/default/files/images/140508120454573_4784304591.jpg)
US blank Canada to open three game series
Paralympic champions USA beat world title holders 2-0 just with just one month to go until the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.
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Mullen in Glasgow on journey to gold
Four-time European champion Andrew Mullen has set his sights on improving on his 50m backstroke silver from the 2013 Worlds.
![Portrait of smiling man wearing a basecap showing his bronze medal to the camera.](/sites/default/files/images/140604113221382_Michael%2BJohnson%2BNZL%2Bshooting%2Bsmall_0.jpg)
New Zealand reveal shooting World Cup team
Shooting legend Michael Johnson and newcomer Phillip Skinner make up the small but perfectly formed team heading to Poland and Turkey in 2015.
![A general view of the action during the Wheelchair Rugby Bronze medal match between Denmark and Australia at the 2014 Invictus Games in London, Great Britain](/sites/default/files/images/150326104427173_Invictus%2BGames.jpg)
IWRF expands the Wheelchair rugby family
Federation commits to working with other variants of wheelchair rugby
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Algeria aim to organise biggest ever IBSA Goalball African Championships
November’s event in Algiers could see a men’s and women’s African side qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games
![Walid Ktila of Tunisia won all four of the events he took part in over the three days of track and field action at the Rades Athletics Stadium.](/sites/default/files/images/150326094048511_151232666.jpg)
Ktila completes four wins from four races in Tunis
Following the conclusion of the event in Tunisia, the IPC Athletics Grand Prix now heads to Beijing, China.
![FEI Para-Equestrian Forum](/sites/default/files/images/150326094458600_Forum%2Bpic.jpg)
FEI’s inaugural para-equestrian forum celebrates para-sport future
Event took place in Essen, Germany, attracting over 100 people from 22 countries.