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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sports stars and the public unite to celebrate two years to go until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Rio 2016

To mark two years until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, the city’s Flamengo Park hosted a special event on Sunday 7 September.

Great Britain at the U22 IWBF Wheelchair Basketball European Championships
Wheelchair Basketball

Great Britain defeat Germany in final of the men’s IWBF U22 Wheelchair Basketball European Championships.

A spectacular view of with Christ the Redeemer and Sugar Loaf in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio 2016

With two years to go until Rio 2016, Sir Philip Craven has stressed the importance of a successful Games in Rio.

Jessica Long
Rio 2016

The United States Olympic Committee joins the global Paralympic Movement in celebrating the two-year countdown to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games on Sunday 7 September.

Finland's Anna Pasanen in action at the 2014 IWRF World Championships in Denmark.
Wheelchair Rugby

A little known fact is that four women turned out for nations at August’s IWRF World Championships in Denmark.

Richard Browne
Athletics

Despite his success, US sprinter says he would swap both his world records for world titles in 2015.

Four sledge hockey player on the ice, posing for a camera with their gold medals
Sochi 2014

The decision by one of the US’s biggest broadcasters to show the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Games ice sledge hockey final between Russia and USA marked a watershed moment in the history of the Paralympic Movement.

A woman in a wheelchair hits a tennis ball as a backhand.
Wheelchair Tennis

World No.1’s Shingo Kunieda and Yui Kamiji both progressed to Sunday’s finals at Flushing Meadows.

Sophie Pascoe
Rio 2016

Sunday not only marks Father’s Day in New Zealand, but also two years to go until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

People sitting on chairs around tables, looking at a screen. Classroom atmosphere

Since 1960, when the first Paralympic Games were held in Rome, Italy, it has become increasingly clear that para-sport has the power to change perceptions and help individuals with impairments to recognise their potential.

Holger Nikelis
Table Tennis

German and Swiss delegations arrive in Beijing for World Champs.

Six people carry a flag with the Paralympic symbol into a stadium
Athens 2004

With the brand new logo of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) decided, the new ‘Agitos’ were etched onto the Paralympic Flag in readiness for the Closing Ceremony of the Athens 2004 Paralympic Games.

Ukraine cross-country skiing
Cross-Country Skiing

Athletes, coaches, classifiers and researchers met to discuss the progress of research projects.

A stunning view of Rio from Sugar Loaf Mountain
Rio 2016

On Sunday 7 September it will mark exactly two years to go until the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

crowds during the National Paralympic Day at the Olympic Park
London 2012

The event took place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London, on 30 August

Man in wheelchair with tennis racket on the field.
Wheelchair Tennis

French defending champion pushed all the way by Belgium’s Joachim Gerard at Flushing Meadows.

Grigoris Polychronidis - Gold for Greece in Boccia!!!, Paralympics 2012
London 2012

On the anniversary of his Paralympic gold, the Greek boccia player talks about how being a Paralympian allowed him to stand up for people with disabilities in Greece.

A picture of a man powerlifter on a bench celebrating with his hands up
Powerlifting

Paralympic and world champion Lei Liu is the current Asian world No.1 and heads to the 2014 Asian Para Games with a world record in his sights.

Dominik MOSLER, shot from the top of the key
Wheelchair Basketball

Eight wheelchair basketball teams compete for European glory in Zaragoza, Spain.

Richard Browne and Jonnie Peacock
Athletics

The 2014 para-athletics season is slowly drawing to a close, so here is recap of 10 things we learned this year.