PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Rio 2016

In total, 271 athletes have qualified for Rio, with five more slots secured at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para-Games.

Blind Football

The three-time Paralympic champions have not lost a major competition for seven years and are determined to add a fourth Paralympic title at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Russia

Sochi, the host city for the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games, will continue its legacy by hosting the 2015 International Wheelchair and Amputee Sports Federation (IWAS) World Games

Alpine Skiing

Skiers Adam Hall and Corey Peters and snowboarder Carl Murphy are departing for the northern hemisphere in preparation for World Championships.

Wheelchair Tennis

France’s Stephane Houdet hopes for a hat trick, and Japan’s Yui Kamiji and Great Britain’s Jordanne Whiley, and the USA’s Nick Taylor and David Wagner will be looking to retain their titles

Para dance sport

As wheelchair basketball players, the Austrian pairing of Werner Kaiser and Brigitte Kroell have been perfecting more graceful moves than they are used to ahead of the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport European Championships.

Alpine Skiing

The group responsible for developing IPC Alpine Skiing, including para-snowboard will be led by Markus Walser for another four years.

Rio 2016

To coincide with the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games’ commitment to sustainability, the medals with contain metal from recycled electronic equipment.

America

Participating NPCs will benefit from specialist sports equipment that will assist with preparations ahead of the Games.

New Zealand

The 1976 Olympic gold medallist is one of four new appointments that Paralympics New Zealand have made as they aim for a record medal haul at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Athletics

Great British Paralympic champion Cockroft was inspired by poor dealings in the past to launch her own business venture.

Alpine Skiing

Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships now open

Rio 2016

The goal is to reduce, compensate and mitigate carbon emissions to stimulate the low carbon economy

Iran

Iranian team finished fourth at the Asian Para Games winning 120 medals

PyeongChang 2018

The President observed the preparations for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games and was greeted by over 120 people.

Para Ice Hockey

The state-of-the-art venue for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A-Pool World Championships has opened in Buffalo, New York, USA.

Athletes from Asia dominated para-sport in October, with history also being made in Gambia.

Athletics

Reacting to an online blog that labelled wheelchair racing “not elite sport”, US wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki challenges Olympians to support Paralympians to be recognised as elite athletes in the media.

Athletics

The USA’s Tatyana McFadden recovered from a fall to win the New York Marathon, with Australia’s Kurt Fearnley scooping the men’s title.

Table Tennis

The new IPC anti-doping code has been published, Australia are set to host the first ever integrated table tennis tournament and more.