Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Taras Dutko Ukraine Football 7-a-Side

Taras Dutko and Volodymyr Antoniuk hope to make it three Paralympic golds in a row for Ukraine Football 7-a-Side at London 2012.

Cathal Miller

Irish cyclist Cathal Miller, who will compete in three different Cycling events at London 2012, will carry his delegation’s flag during the Opening Ceremony.

Great Britain Football 7-a-Side

The Football 7-a-Side gold-medal match will be the final major sporting event of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Tatyana McFadden competing

The American delegation will compete in 19 sports at the Paralympic Games, hoping to better their third-place finish from Beijing 2008.

Evan O’Hanlon

Sprinter Evan O’Hanlon and four others were the first of Australia’s large Paralympic delegation to head to Cardiff for their pre-Games camp.

A general picture of a building

Paralympic teams from Saudia Arabia and the United Arabe Emirates have arrived in Stoke Mandeville, the historic birthplace of the Paralympic Games, for their final training camp.

Cover photo of the magazine Paralympian showing a general aerial view of the Olympic Stadium in London with the text: Great Expectations, London 2012 will be a milestone in the Paralympic Movement.

The London 2012 Games-time edition of the IPC’s magazine will be a useful companion to anyone wanting to follow the Paralympics.

Athletes practicing wheelchair fencing.

At 47 years old, Hungarian wheelchair fencer Pal Szekeres is still the only athlete to date to have medalled at both the Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Kurt Fearnley

With nine Paralympic medals, including three golds, to his name, Australian wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley talks about being a veteran on the track.

IPC Academy Games Experience Programme 2012

The IPC, LOCOG, government ministers and other sponsors and partners for London 2012 will take part in the IPC Academy’s three-day experience programme.

A picture of a stadium

The IPC website will feature a groundbreaking new video player to live stream more than 780 hours of sporting action from the London 2012 Games.

IPC Academy Games Experience Programme 2012

The IPC, LOCOG, government ministers and other sponsors and partners for London 2012 will take part in the IPC Academy’s three-day experience programme.

A picture of two person showing how to use a Handybike

Ottobock, the IPC’s worldwide partner, has moved its travelling exhibition Passion for Paralympics to the Westfield London Shopping Centre.

A picture of 2 mens in wheelchair practising fencing

With five days of Wheelchair Fencing events at the London 2012 competition, here's a quick guide for what spectators should look out for each day.

Sweden Ice Sledge Hockey

Novi Sad, Serbia will host the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey B Pool World Championships from 12-17 November.

Chan Yui Chong

London 2012 will be Chan Yui Chong's third Paralympic Games, and she is looking to add to her medal haul that already includes five Paralympic golds and one silver.

Natalia Partyka

The month of July included major international tournaments across various summer sports that allowed athletes to fine tune their performances heading into the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Sweden Ice Sledge Hockey

Novi Sad, Serbia will host the 2012 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey B Pool World Championships from 12-17 November.

A picture of a stadium

The IPC website will feature a groundbreaking new video player to live stream more than 780 hours of sporting action from the London 2012 Games.

A picture of a blind men playing Goalball

In the last major Goalball competition before London 2012, Finland came out on top, followed by Sweden and Lithuania.