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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Women in racing wheelchair
Athletics

Swiss para-athlete of the year to be announced on 14 December.

Man on a bike in racing suit, racing on a track
Cycling

Czech world champion received prestigious award from the Czech Cycling Federation

The being Active in the UK guide supports more English people with an impairment to enjoy an active lifestyle.
Great Britain

Published ahead of the International Day of Disabled People, the guide aims to get more people with an impairment in England active.

Man in wheelchair, holding tennis racket in triumphing pose
Brazil

Six athletes including world and European champions have been shortlisted for November’s accolade

Biathlon Vuokatti
Badminton

Winter sport dominates December’s schedule but sailing and para-badminton events will also be held.

Portrait picture of smiling women
New Zealand

Rachel Froggatt will join the organisation in the newly created position of Commercial and Marketing Director.

Women in hand-bike racing on a road
Cycling

Handcycling world champions were amongst the 15 winners at the 2014 ceremony held in Johannesburg.

Visually Impaired Shooting test event
Shooting

IPC Shooting has announced that a Grand Prix event as part of the development of visually impaired shooting will be held in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain, between 28-30 January 2015.

Group shot of people posing for the camera
Germany

Awards for Schaffelhuber, Rehm and the women’s wheelchair basketball team, plus a prize of honour for Wilfried Lemke

Defender trying to stop a football player on a blues field of play
America

Seventeen players are this week (30 November-7 December) taking part in a training camp ahead of a busy 2015 season

Women in swimming pool, smiling
Swimming

Lead by the return of multiple Paralympic and world champion Teresa Perales and underlined by success for Sarai Gascon, Spanish swimmers shone at the 2014 Euros.

Women in wheelchair holding tennis racket, celebrating
Wheelchair Tennis

Japan’s World No.1 a straights sets winner in London whilst Van Koot was taken to three sets in all Dutch final.

Blindefolded football team celebrating

Find out who won what and how during November, a busy month around the globe for para-sport

Man in wheelchair with tennis racket in triumphing pose
Wheelchair Tennis

Wagner wins the quads title, whilst the finalists in the men's and women's singles were decided on Saturday.

The Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games Opening Ceremony took place on 18 October 2014.
Asia

The three-day event will climax with the elections of the APC Board and will include speeches from IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez and the UN's Wilfried Lemke.

Ernst van Dyk
Wheelchair Tennis

World champion handcyclist is shortlisted on Sunday for Sports Star of the Year and Sportsman of the Year with a Disability at the SA Sport Awards.

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Wheelchair Rugby

Canada beat arch rivals USA in overtime in the semi-finals of the World Championships.

A yellow mascots and blue mascot with green leaves as hair stand on top of Rio's Sugar Loaf mountain.

New mascots, world titles, major announcements and awards all feature in this week’s top six stories.

David Wagner
Wheelchair Tennis

Third day of action decided the quads final and determined which players made it through to the semi-finals in the men's and women's competition.

Picture of a female wheelchair rugby player fighting for the ball.

The IPC’s No. 33 Moment of 2014 highlights how upskilling women is inspiring for the next generation of female athletes and leaders.