Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014

Iran's Siamand Rahman has beaten world record holding team mate Mansour Pourmirzaei in the men's +107kg in a sensational conclusion to the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

Sophie Thornhill and pilot Rachel James in their rainbow tops stand top of the podium after victory in Mexico

The second day of competition saw six medal events, two of which were won by British cyclists

Tatyana McFadden

Four weeks to the day since the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympics, Tatyana McFadden will be looking to defend her London Marathon title.

Great Britain's Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead

This year's event includes races for T11-13 athletes, T42/43 and T44-46 men’s races for athletes with limb impairments and a new wheelchair race for T51/52 men.

Josh Cassidy

Canadian knows to win Vigrin Money London Marathon he will have to beat Paralympic champion Weir and world title holder Hug.

Loveline Obiji of Nigeria celebrates on the floor in the Women's -52 kg Powerlifting event.

Nigerian Loveline Obiji and Egypt’s Randa Mahmoud will renew their rivalry in the women’s -86kg at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, as their teams jostle for position on the medals table once again at a major international competition.

Jose Letarte

The year’s first major competition showcased what fans might expect at the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games later this year.

Matt Formston and Michael Curran

The men’s and women’s tandem pursuits and women’s sprint events took place on the first day of the UCI Para-Cycling Track Worlds.

Anna Schaffelhuber of Germany

Nominees for the honour include: Marie Bochet, Anna Schaffelhuber, Elena Remizova, Alena Kaufman and Bibian Mentel-Spee.

Randa Mahmoud Dubai 2014

Randa Mahmoud sets a new women's -86kg world record, depriving Paralympic champion Loveline Obiji of the world title at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships.

A picture of women running on a tracking field

Italian champion is studying Mandarin and will be using the visit to test her language skills and lay down a marker ahead of August’s Euros.

Agitos at London

Former Chair of IBSA Football 5 Sub-Committee banned after serious conflict of interest in the lead-up to London 2012

Agitos at  Laura Cross-Country Ski and Biathlon Centre

The IPC Sports Science Committee member has assumed a leadership role at the world’s largest sports medicine and exercise organisation.

Sarah Storey

Australia, Great Britain and the USA enter the competition with the world’s top riders.

 Marie Bochet of France competes in theWomen's Downhill Standing during day one of Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games

After eight years as the helm of IPC Alpine Skiing, Sylvana Mestre believes Sochi 2014 provided a significant breakthrough.

Zak Madell

Find out more about the final major tune-up tournament before the IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships.

Urece

The Brazilian NGO is using sport as a tool for social change and is becoming a social business.

Haiti national day

The Agitos Foundation is helping to support para-sport in Haiti on 17 October of each year.

Declan Farmer

At just 16 years old, he helped the USA win their second straight ice sledge hockey Paralympic title.

Man crossing a finish line in a stadium, celebrating

The Australian sprinter, who runs 100m in 10.79 seconds, blogs about what it means to try instead of wonder.