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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Blindfolded women with guide running in a relay
Athletics

The records included Cuiqing Liu taking 0.15 seconds off the 10-year-old 200m T11 Asian record.

Shooters take aim during rifle competitions at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships
Shooting

Australia’s Natalie Smith saw off Slovakian world and European champion Veronika Vadovicova, and two finals world records were broken at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.

Brazilian Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina runs with Usain Bolt of Jamaica as her guide during an exhibition in preparation for the Mano a Mano Athletics Challenge at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Rio 2016

Six-time Olympic champion from Jamaica trains with Brazil’s three-time Paralympic champion ahead of 'Mano a Mano' event.

The Paralympic and world 200m T46 champion Yohansson Nascimento gives an insight into his three heroes.
Athletics

He will be competing in the IPC Athletics Grand Prix this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but today he tells us which people are his heroes.

Kazuhiro Takahashi
Para Ice Hockey

After creating a huge upset on the international stage by beating Canada to progress to the final at Vancouver 2010, Japan are in Buffalo at the start of their road to PyeongChang 2018.

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

Team of eight includes Sophie Pascoe who has been in incredible form this week, taking down two world records at the Swimming NZ Open Championships.

Dame Tessa Jowell
Great Britain

The former Olympics Minister will deliver the World Athletics Inspiration Programme covering both the IAAF and IPC Athletics World Championships.

A picture of a man holding the starting block with his hands
Swimming

Seventeen swimmers, including five new athletes, will compete for the Netherlands at July’s 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

NOR vs. SWE Norweigen player Rolf Einar Pedersen defends puck against two Sweedish players
Para Ice Hockey

What you need to know about Norway prior to the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.

Four runners on a track in a stadium
Athletics

The 27-year-old added 31cm to the previous best set in 2012 by South African Dyan Buis

A picture of 2 men in sledges celebrating a goal during a ice sledge hockey match
Para Ice Hockey

Alongside Japan, Germany made it into the A-Pool following a gold medal winning performance from the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

Around 570 athletes from 40 countries are at the Berlin Europa Sports Park as part of their preparations for July’s 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.
Swimming

Three new marks for Great Britain and two for Australia at the International Deutsche Meisterschaft in Berlin, Germany.

The lead group of the marathon goes past the Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

Ahead of this weekend’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, China, here are five facts you may not know about Beijing

Two dancers in wheelchairs posing during a performance
Para dance sport

Top ranked couples will begin 2015 at the 2015 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport Kazakhstan Open from Saturday (18 April).

Group shot of around 25 people
Rio 2016

The first of four workshops for coaches, classifiers, athletes and sport managers, run in partnership with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, will start on Saturday (18 April).

Veronika Vadovicova, Iurii Stoiev and Waldermar Andruszkiewicz finished on the podium at the IPC Shooting World Cup
Shooting

Slovakian rifle shooter extraordinaire looks comfortable once again to take a convincing victory at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin.

Seven people on a podium during a press conference
Rio 2016

Four Paralympic and Worlds medallists will form part of a team of 36 powerlifters competing at home in the Americas Open from 26-29 April.

A picture of two men in sledges fighting the puck during a ice sledge hockey match
Para Ice Hockey

Reigning European champions Italy have an impressive mix of youth and experience heading into Buffalo 2015.

Lisha Huang of China competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games
Athletics

Around 160 athletes from 14 countries will compete in the fourth Grand Prix of 2015.

Andrew Parsons, President of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee with Brazilian athletes at the Sao Paulo Fashion Week
Brazil

Paralympic standouts model Parapan Am ceremonial uniforms in Latin America‘s biggest fashion event