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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Russian team - Wheelchair Curling
Wheelchair Curling

China lost their 100 per cent record after losing to the USA on day 3 of the World Championships.

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New appointments made to the IPC Standing Committees for Women in Sports, Development, Education and Paralympic Games.

A picture of a man swimming.
Swimming

During a glittering career Matthew Cowdrey won 13 Paralympic and 16 world titles.

CPB 20 anniversary logo
Rio 2016

CPB have launched a special commemorative logo to celebrate their anniversary.

McKenna Dahl of USA
Shooting

US teenager McKenna Dahl is one of her country’s brightest medal hopes in shooting for Rio 2016, and aims to step onto the World Cup podium in 2015.

Man in sit ski doing cross country skiing
Cross-Country Skiing

At Cable 2015 Soule made history be winning the most medals ever at a single World Championships by a US Nordic skier.

Mario Vazquez Rana
America

Don Mario Vazquez Rana passed away on Sunday 8 February aged 82.

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Goalball

Despite losing to Russia in the early stages, Britain recovered to take gold and make up for the heartache of two years ago.

Athletes compete in the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games wheelchair curling competition.
Wheelchair Curling

Defending champions Canada also picked up their first win on Sunday (8 February)

Evgeny Petrov tries to steal puck off Joshua Pauls
Para Ice Hockey

Pauls scores 19 seconds into the overtime to secure the 2-1 victory for the USA

A swimmer begins a race at London 2012
Swimming

Venezuelan reigning double Parapan American swimming champion Alberto Vera Moran has put a difficult 2014 behind him and has four gold medals in his sights for August.

Aileen Neilson examins her delivery
Wheelchair Curling

China, Finland, Russia and Sweden also win their first games of the Championship in Lohja, Finland.

A player wearing blue seated in a wheelchair with a white ball on his lap about to collide with an opponent wearing white.
Wheelchair Rugby

In six months’ time the Parapan American Games will kick off in Toronto, and home favourite Zak Madell could be one of the stars

Six months to go until the 2015 Parapan American Games
Summer Sports

To mark six months to go until the 2015 Parapan American Games, here are six athletes to keep an eye out for when the action begins in August.

The USA beat the comparatively new Russian ice sledge hockey side at Sochi 2014.
Para Ice Hockey

Sochi silver medallists Russia will face the USA after beating Canada in the semi-finals, whilst the USA took an 8-0 win over South Korea.

Sandra Paovic of Croatia
Table Tennis

The Croatian world number one class six player has had two years to remember on the para-table-tennis circuit.

Wheelchair rugby
Wheelchair Rugby

New four-year plan will guide the growth and development of wheelchair rugby.

Ottobock at Sochi 2014

The Talent Days are aimed at youths between 11 and 18 with a prosthesis who want to try out para-athletics.

Moreno Marchetti of Italy
Wheelchair Rugby

The wheelchair rugby teams of Italy and Ireland will face each other just before the RBS Six Nations match between both countries on 7 February.

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

One of New Zealand’s most successful swimmers, Sophie Pascoe will have to fight off rivals Elodie Lorandi and Canada’s Aurelie Rivard at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.