Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of a man in the pool sitting on the swimming line with his hand up

With six World and four regional Championships, and major winter sport events, August will be a busy month for para-sport.

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The IWRF European Wheelchair Rugby Championships will take place from 12-17 August in Antwerp, Belgium.

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Alan Dickson, a former President of CPISRA is currently a member of the IPC's Governing Board and has been since 2005.

Paralympic Symbol concrete

Fundraising dinner to be held at Gilze-Rijen airbase, the Netherlands, in aid of the Agitos Foundation and with support of the Royal Air Force.

Aleksin 2013

Nigeria’s Ivory Nwokorie, Iraq’s Huda Ali and Moldova's Stefan Rosca and Verginiu Arapu have committed anti-doping rule violations.

Pattaya Tadtong

Take a look at four of the world’s top boccia players as they compete at their regional tournaments this season.

Iran youth para-athletes

The Asian Youth Para-Games will take place from 26-30 October and are expected to draw nearly 2,500 athletes from 42 different countries.

A picture of man fixing up a wheelchair

Athletes from 56 nations visited the Ottobock workshop at the IPC Athletics World Championships, where 307 repairs were completed.

Dmitry Lisov

Russia have gone from not having an ice sledge hockey programme just a few years ago to being on the world’s biggest stage in their own country.

David Wetherill

Athletes from South Korea, Great Britain, China and Indonesia made headlines at the Korea Para-Table Tennis Open Championships.

Table tennis

Competition across 11 classes will take place this week in Incheon, Korea.

Yushae Simmons

Next weekend’s Americas Cup will be just the third international event for Bermuda’s boccia team.

Mexico’s women’s Wheelchair Basketball team

Argentina, Brazil, El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico and Peru will all play five days of competition in Guatemala City.

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Paralympians Alana Nichols and Tyler Walker are among those representing Team USA this year on the slopes.

Tatyana McFadden

McFadden and Martin write their names into history by completing clean sweeps in T54 and T52 classes.

VI class medallists celebrate the first IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup

For the next four years, the British capital will continue to host the marathon across a range of impairment groups.

Lyon 2013 men's 4x100m relay T42-46

Sprinters Alan Oliveira, Jonnie Peacock and Richard Browne compete at the Sainsbury's Anniversary Games

Alan Fonteles Oliveira and Richard Browne set new world-best times in the 100m T43 and T44 classes, respectively.

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Frenchman completes 6.02m leap at the Anniversary Games, an IAAF Diamond League meeting, in the Olympic Stadium, London.

A picture of man in a wheelchair playing a forehand in a tennis match

For the first time ever the USA will host the wheelchair tennis singles and doubles masters events in November.