PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Swimming

Sir Philip Craven attending Opening Ceremony in Reykjavik

Para dance sport

Vancouver 2010

Dramatic form of the Vancouver 2010 medals is inspired by the ocean waves, drifting snow and mountainous landscape

PyeongChang 2018

Annecy (France), Munich (Germany) and PyeongChang (Republic of Korea) applying for 2018 Winter Games

Vancouver 2010

VANOC has announced the official uniforms for the employees and volunteers who will be working during the Games

Wheelchair Rugby

Sochi 2014

All-Russian Festival for People with a Disability has recently provided a full volunteer team with the experience and education on the Paralympic Movement in Russia

Vancouver 2010

Visa Paralympic Hall of Fame Call for Nominations

"Detection of Enhancement of 02 Transport: Seven Years of Progress" was the topic for the 8th Annual USADA Symposium on Anti-Doping Science

Australia

130 emerging athletes were provided with national classification in the lead-up to competition

'Unlimited', the UK’s largest ever disability arts programme set to transform the disability arts movement in the UK

Para dance sport

Vancouver 2010

Changes in Prohibited list released on 1 October

Rio 2016

Sir Philip Craven will also be amongst the attendees

Rio 2016

Rio de Janeiro eventually triumphed by taking 66 votes from a possible 98

Vancouver 2010

Prof. Dr. Horst Koehler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, has become the official Patron of the German initiative “Youth Training for Paralympics” in Germany.

Republic of Korea

Dr. Whang Youn-Dai was recently named winner of the Citi-YWCA Women’s Leadership Award

Athletics

International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Sport Technical Committee (STC) met this past weekend from 25-26 September in Bonn

5-minute video is intended to provide a general overview of the doping control process

Sochi 2014

Volkswagen Group Tier One Partner for the Sochi 2014 Olympic and Paralympic Games.