PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Canada win gold at World Sledge Hockey Challenge
Canada defeated the USA for gold and Russia beat South Korea for bronze at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Sivak's dance to double gold at World Champs
Husband and wife win their second title of the 2013 IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport World Championships.
Wheelchair dance worlds open in Tokyo
Over 160 athletes from nearly 20 countries to compete at Komazawa Olympic Park Gynasium.

No. 25: IPC and WADA team up for fair play
The 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships saw an innovative partnership which became the model for IPC anti-doping efforts.
Akbasheva and Morozov enter dance hall of fame
Russian couple pick up fourth competition win this year, sweeping the board in all IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport sanctioned competitions on offer.

IPC members mark UN Day of Persons with Disabilities
National Paralympic Committees and International Federations around the world are doing their part to promote the Paralympic Movement on 3 December.

No. 26: Russian sitting volleyball squad surprises
From missing out on the Paralympics to becoming European champions, Russia’s women’s sitting volleyball team are on the rise.

Teams announced for 2014 Wheelchair Rugby Worlds
Find out which 12 teams will compete at the 2014 IWRF Wheelchair Rugby World Championships next August in Odense, Denmark.

All North American final set at World Sledge Hockey Challenge
The USA beat Russia and Canada defeated South Korea in the semi-finals of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Download new edition of The Paralympian magazine
Explore sport-specific classification, preview the IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard World Cups and look back at summer championships in the new edition of The Paralympian.

Canada’s Greg Westlake nets hat trick against USA
In a matchup of arch-rivals, Canada defeated the USA at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge, as Russia triumphed against South Korea.

No. 27: Rob Davies vaults to table tennis world No. 1
From winning double gold at the European Championships to topping the world rankings, Great Britain’s Rob Davies explains the best year of his life.

NEC extends sponsorship of wheelchair tennis
NEC Corporation will continue to support major international wheelchair tennis tournaments in 2014.

No. 28: Newcomer Guus Bijlard’s shocking sailing title
Six month after entering the one-person keelboat, the Netherlands’ Guus Bijlard won his first world title.

2014 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Worlds to draw 12 teams
For the first time in 2014, there will be separate men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball World Championship events.

Australia capture two wheelchair basketball titles
Both Australia’s men’s and women’s teams won the IWBF Asia-Oceania Zone Championships, qualifying themselves for the World Championships.

Declan Farmer, Josh Pauls keep USA undefeated
The USA beat South Korea and Canada recorded a victory over Russia on the second day of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Sir Philip Craven speaks on gender equality in sport
Find out what the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is doing to increase the number of female leaders in the Paralympic Movement.

No. 29: Young women target greatness in shooting
Germany’s Natascha Hiltrop wins her first major title, and judge Robynne Browne raises the Paralympic flag at 2013 IPC Shooting European Championships.

What to watch: December
This month in para-sport will be highlighted by several major winter sport events, as well as the IPC Wheelchair Dance Sport world Championships.