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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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2015 IPC Swimming World Championships Glasgow

The German swimmer shows her form ahead of the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships

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Athletics

Canada’s Chantal Petitclerc confirmed as first keynote speaker for the event that will take place between 12-13 December 2015 in Colorado Springs, USA.

Markus Rehm jumps over a sand pit
Athletics

The German long jumper will line-up at this weekend’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Berlin, Germany.

Boccia balls are seen as Great Britain take on Greece in Boccia during the National Paralympic Day at the Olympic Park on September 7, 2013 in London, Engla
Boccia

The defending BC1/BC2 world champions cruised to gold in the 2015 Boccia Asia and Oceania Team and Pairs Championships.

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Congo DR

Martina Caironi, winces,
Athletics

On her home track, the Italian broke her own 200m T42 world record for the second time in two weeks at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Denmark’s Daniel Jorgensen after breaking own long jump T42 world record in Grosseto, Italy.
Athletics

The Dane jumped 6.53m to add 2cm to his own long jump F42 record set just last week.

Ellie Simmonds
Swimming

All seven days of action from the swimming Worlds, the biggest competition ahead of Rio 2016, will be shown live from 13-19 July.

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Shooting

Hungary’s 2014 Worlds silver medallist underwent a serious operation in February, but is already planning a comeback in July.

Sailor races in 2.4mR event.
Sailing

The London 2012 Paralympic champion won the 2.4mR class at the ISAF Sailing World Cup event.

Arjola Dedaj in action at the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships.
Athletics

The European multi-medallist won her long jump competition on the first day of action at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Italy.

Alex Zanardi competes against Ernst van Dyk
Cycling

Team Italy is riding momentum off of their 19 medals in the first World Cup earlier in June.

Football 7-a-side - Team Ukraine
Football 7-a-side

Beat writer Richard McTiernan answers some key questions heading into the event, which will serve as a qualifier for Rio 2016.

Iran athletes take off during a race in the Iran National Para-Athletics Championships.
Athletics

Field athletes Amini, Mohammadian looked strong ahead of the World Championships in Doha, Qatar

Ireland’s 16-year-old wheelchair rugby rising star, Thomas Moylan
Wheelchair Rugby

In a new series profiling the stars of tomorrow, we look at the wheelchair rugby rookie has been key in Ireland’s rise in the ranks.

Australia's Melissa Perrine competes in the women's visually impaired super-G at the Sochi Paralympic Games 2014
Alpine Skiing

As the triple women’s visually impaired world champion from the 2015 Worlds, Australian Perrine already knows what is required to stay at the top.

Judoka Priscilla Gagne in training for the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
Table Tennis

Four judoka, eight table tennis players will have a chance to compete for berths to Rio 2016.

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Australia

The competition takes place ahead of Tokyo 2020, giving athletes an opportunity to qualify.

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Ecuador

The inaugural event is aimed to raise awareness on intellectually disable sport.

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Athletics

More than 470 athletes from 38 countries will line-up this weekend in the Italian city for the eighth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the year.