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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Skier in a sit-ski racing down a slope.
Alpine Skiing

Para-alpine skiing events are organised in three categories: sitting, standing and visually impaired.

Sir Philip Craven

Sir Philip Craven has been named "Innovator of the Year" by SportsBusiness International

Dylan Alcott celebrates winning his quad wheelchair tennis singles match against Great Britain's Andy Lapthorne at the 2014 Australian Open.
Wheelchair Tennis

Kunieda, Griffioen and Whiley all progressed to the NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters semi-finals with wins on Thursday.

Wearing blue lycra outfits, two men lie in their handcycles on an open road with hills in the background.
Athletics

Ahead of the 2015 season, 17 Belgian athletes have enjoyed a week long training camp in Lanzarote.

Marcel Hug powers to victory in the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Athletics

IPC Athletics has announced the biggest year ever of events for para-athletics in the year before Rio 2016

A group of five men, three blindfolded and wearing football shirts, jump up and hug in celebration
Blind Football

A 1-0 win over arch-rivals Argentina means Brazil have now won four world titles in the last 16 years.

Hannah Cockroft lighting the heritage flame in a metal sphere
Sochi 2014

• The IPC’s Top 50 Moments of 2014 continue with British Paralympian Hannah Cockroft’s involvement in the first ever international leg of the Paralympic Torch Relay.

Two women in wheelchairs on a tennis court hold a trophy and smile to the camera.
Wheelchair Tennis

Shock on the first day of the 2014 NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters, as Japan’s defending champion Yui Kamiji slips to defeat in the opening game

Sledge hockey players on the ice in action
PyeongChang 2018

Norway take a double win, but a victory for Sweden gives them their own edge in the overall standings.

A picture of a Wheelchair Fencer celebrating her victory
Wheelchair Fencing

Zsuzsanna Krajnyak was the star of the show as Hungary excelled on home soil in Eger, winning four titles.

No. 36 Beatrice Vio fences to gold after studious hiatus
Wheelchair Fencing

Having concentrated on schoolwork rather than wheelchair fencing in early 2014, Italian prodigy Beatrice Vio returned to win two titles at the European Championships.

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Republic of Korea

Six South Korean para-cyclists took part in the final stretch of the tour, which covered 15,000km in a bid to promote Korean reunification.

IPC President Sir Philip Craven with Croatian Paralympic President Ratko Kovacic at the 50th anniversary of para sport in Croatia.
Croatia

The project, which was started in 2013, aims to develop sport for people with impairments, and has now been nominated for the ESA Best of Europe award

A picture of a man skiing
Cross-Country Skiing

Norway’s reigning world champion Nils-Erik Ulset on the threat of Russia’s Azat Karachurin and Canadian Mark Arendz.

Sir Philip Craven speaking on stage
India

IPC President laid the foundation stone for a new Indian Para-Sports Academy on Tuesday (24 November).

Two women make a jump of joy on a podium
Sochi 2014

At Sochi 2014, Kelly Gallagher and Charlotte Evans became the first British skiers to win gold at either an Olympic and Paralympic Games.

CAN vs NOR Canadian player Brad Bowden weaves by goalie to score on an open net
Para Ice Hockey

Players to progress to national training camp before selection is made for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool from 24 April-2 May.

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New Zealand

With one eye on the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, nine young New Zealand swimmers attended a camp in a bid to develop their skills and technique.

Alexey Bugaev, Russian Federation is so fast his speed moves the gates and takes the gold medal
Alpine Skiing

IPC Alpine Skiing reveals the Ones to Watch athletes for the 2014-15 season.

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Boccia

The Boccia International Sports Federation is now accepting bids for the five competitions it plans to host in 2016.