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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up
Swimming

One world and one European record broken during Friday morning's session at the IPC Swimming Europeans.

Dutch swimmer Simon Boer racing at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships
Swimming

19-jarige pakt Europese titel op 200 meter schoolsla

A swimmer clenches his fists in delight after winning gold at London 2012.
Swimming

Friday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships is headlined by the men’s 200m freestyle S4, a race in which Dutchman Michael Schoenmaker has taken six seconds off his time from London 2012.

A swimmer diving into the pool at the start of a race.
Swimming

With two golds, one silver and one bronze on Wednesday, Italy now has 11 medals at the 2014 IPC Swimming Euros surpassing the nine they won at Berlin 2011.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing Basketball
Great Britain

British wheelchair basketball team announced to face the Netherlands on 30 August

Man in a wheelchair with a ball in his lap going forward.
Wheelchair Rugby

Canada has edged past Great Britain by just a single point as Australia, Japan and USA all secured victories on day four of the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

Japan v New Zealand at 2014 IWRF World Championships Odense
Wheelchair Rugby

Australia and Canada will fight for top seeding in Pool A, whilst Japan and USA clash in Pool B as the pool phase comes to a close.

Two women and one man in dressage uniforms standing on the medals podium.
Equestrian

Paralympic bronze medallist Hosmar part of Dutch team for Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2014.

Mandy Francois-Elie winning the 100m T37 in Lyon 2013
Wheelchair Rugby

IPC blogger and the USA’s wheelchair rugby star, Chuck Aoki, wants to see every medal awarded to athletes in team sports to count towards the medal tally at major competitions.

USA player pushes past a Japanese player
Wheelchair Rugby

Australia and the USA remain undefeated after the final pool matches at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships

A group of four players in wheelchairs - two per side - fight for the ball during a wheelchair rugby match.
Wheelchair Rugby

With a special trophy given, a new online vote will allow fans to decide on who they feel was the best player at the 2014 IWRF World Championships

A picture of a woman standing with a silver medal around her neck
Swimming

Great Britain’s Claire Cashmore and Russia’s Oleysa Vladykina both won women’s breaststroke gold, touching in at the same time to both take gold as three world records were also broken at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Dressed in green and seated in a wheelchair, a player looks on as another lies face down with his wheel broken from his chair.
Wheelchair Rugby

The big four of USA, Australia, Canada and Japan all got thier world title bids off to a good start on Tuesday in Odense, Denmark.

A picture of a man swimming
Swimming

U.S swimmer broke near 13-year-old world record on the first day of the 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships, as four other world records fall.

Ricardo Costa de Oliveira of Brasil
Athletics

Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.

British swimmer Stephanie Slater comes up for a breath of air.
Swimming

Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.

Toronto 2015 emblem
America

Meet the athletes in the "Are you Ready?" trailer

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Swimming

Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung, Great Britain’s Eleanor Simmonds and the hosts’ very own Marc Evers and Marlou van der Kulk will all be in action on day three (6 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

A picture of three men underwater
Swimming

Nederlanders grijpen naast eremetaal.

Ihar Boki
Swimming

At his first outing in Eindhoven, Belarusian Ihar Boki stormed to gold in 50m freestyle S3 – an event he has struggled with in the past.