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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Darko Duric
Swimming

Slovenian double world champion is aiming to put a poor 2014 behind him to successfully defend his world titles at the swimming Worlds this summer.

Tim Prendergast of New Zealand competes in the Men's 800m T13 final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Athletics

New Zealand has named a three-strong team for the event which will take place in London, Great Britain.

Inge Huitzing
Wheelchair Basketball

Two-time Paralympian Inge Huitzing believes the Netherlands have what it takes to retain their European wheelchair basketball title this summer.

Group shot of athletes and officials in a swim stadium
Swimming

Forty swimmers, including Paralympic medallists Benoit Huot, Aurelie Rivard and Adam Purdy, have been nominated to compete for the hosts of the 2015 Parapan American Games.

Tucker Dupree
Swimming

US swimmers take their total regional record haul to 10 at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre.

Brazil’s Paralympic footballers
Rio 2016

Seven-a-side team say they have the skill and flair to overcome Russia and Ukraine, who have dominated the sport in recent years

Ireland's Brown/Shaw Tandem
Cycling

Six strong team features current and former world champions for the event in Apeldoorn, the Netherlands.

Toronto 2015 emblem
Canada

The event will feature 1,600 athletes from 28 sports competing in 15 sports between 7-15 August.

Man with helmet and red jersey
Para Ice Hockey

Players from South Korea, Sweden and Austria received tournament honours at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

Sophie Hahn has three Superheros: Jess Ennis, Hannah Cockroft and Richard Whitehead.
Athletics

British teenage sprint sensation tells us which three people she looks up to.

Women in sit ski
Biathlon

Final races of the season in Surnadal, Norway, brought the curtain down on the 2014/2015 IPC Nordic Skiing season.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her head and hands above the surface
Swimming

The US champion is the first para-swimmer to set a world record in the pool that will stage August’s Parapan American Games.

Room with stage and tables around it
Rio 2016

Conference was attended by 200 specialists and practitioners including IPC President Sir Philip Craven

Walid Ktila of Tunisia
Athletics

The 9th Tunis International Meeting between 23-25 March will attract 220 athletes from 20 countries.

Pepo Puch
Equestrian

Event to take place in Essen, Germany, between 21-22 March

Jan Francisco BRITO da COSTA, Ukraine, Brazil, football, seven-a-side, Ukraine vs Brazil, london 2012
Rio 2016

Members of the national team will show off their skills and invite the public to join in on Saturday (21 March)

Cross country skier in race suit in a slope
Biathlon

Russian athletes win four out of six events in biathlon pursuit on Friday in Norway.

Ugandan para-rowers aim for quallification to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Rio 2016

In a land of breathtaking beauty at the heart of the African continent, para-rowing is bringing new opportunities and a Paralympic challenge to Ugandans living with a disability.

South Korea's Young-Sung Kim in action at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.
Para Ice Hockey

Slovakia have put themselves in bronze-medal position heading into the final day of the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

Annick Sevenans of Belgium
Rio 2016

The Belgium Paralympic Committee’s new Sport and NPC Manager previously worked in climbing and mountaineering.