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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Evan Strong, Mike Shea and Keith Gabel
Snowboard

Four of the 10 athletes named won medals at Sochi 2014.

No. 42 Para-Canoe - Austria’s Mendy Swoboda
Canoe

With Rio 2016 just two years away, Austria’s Markus Mendy Swoboda won his fifth successive para-canoe crown at the World Championships.

Cho Yang-ho new POCOG President
PyeongChang 2018

Yang Ho Cho started his role on Monday 11 August.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair on a track
Athletics

The Swiss ‘Silver Bullet’ is the man to beat according to his great rival David Weir of Great Britain.

Men in wheelchairs with a big championships trophy
Wheelchair Rugby

Australia beat Canada to win gold in a dramatic final at the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships, with USA claiming the bronze medal.

Wheelchair athlete from the USA behind the flag barer during the Opening Ceremony of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships Suhl, Germany
America

The USA’s McKenna Dahl, who has recently moved to the Olympic Training Centre, has Paralympic glory on her agenda.

Maddison Elliott at Caixa Loterias 2014
Swimming

Australia produced a remarkable performance at the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, winning 55 gold medals.

Three female swimmers, Sarai Gascon of Spain, Amy Marren of Great Britain and Ellen Keane of Ireland pose with their 100m butterfly S9 medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships
Swimming

Sarai Gascon and Deborah Font storm to gold as two world records fall in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

A picture of a man with a gold medal around his neck during a medal ceremony
Swimming

Lisette Teunissen en Marc Evers pakken Europese titels

Swimmers start a backstroke race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.
Swimming

Italy's Federico Morlacchi is aiming for his fifth gold medal, Ukrainian Dmytro Vynohradets his eighth and Sarah Louise Rung of Norway will meet Spain's Teresa Perales for the final time at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Two female athletes dive into the pool at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships
Swimming

A total of 24 world and 42 European records are broken across seven days of thrilling action, with five added in the final session.

A player wearing blue seated in a wheelchair with a white ball on his lap about to collide with an opponent wearing white.
Australia

After Canada beat USA and Australia defeated Japan, the two will go head-to-head in a repeat of the London 2012 final.

Ryley Batt goes in to score
Wheelchair Rugby

Watch out for Chuck Aoki and Zak Madell as well as Ryley Batt and Daisuke Ikezaki in the semi-finals at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

Dmytro Vynohradets poses with his latest gold medal alongside the silver and bronze medal winners at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.
Swimming

The dominant force in S3 swimming Dmytro Vynohradets has helped to lead Ukraine to the top of the medals table at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine
Swimming

On the penultimate day of the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, the home team also pushed up the medals table.

Australia's Daniel Fox in a yellow swim cap swimming freestyle
Swimming

The S14 swimmer, who also holds the 200m freestyle world record, set a new 100m best time on the third day of the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships

A female swimmer in a race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.
Swimming

Olivier van de Voort en Summer Mortimer claimen Europese titels

A swimmers emerges from the water to begin a stroke
Swimming

A series of top swimmers all win their third or fourth Euros golds from the pool in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Germany's Rehm shows sportsmanship in fixing Turkey's Baris Telli's prosthetic to allow him to perform better
Athletics

IPC blogger and sports photographer Luc Percival details an incredible moment of sportsmanship he recently witnessed when covering para-sport