PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Agitos Foundation

The Agitos Foundation offers project money for members to bring on their athletes, coaches, technical officials and competitions.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

The women’s 100m T37 sprint will be a quick battle to the finish between France’s Mandy Francois-Elie and Namibia’s Johanna Benson.

Russia

Athletes from four different winter sports and two summer sports now have new facilities to train at in Udmurtiya, Russia.

Athletics

British broadcaster will be showing athletics and swimming World Champs, as well as the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games.

The IPC’s Annual Report 2012 is now available for download.

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Dignitaries and athletes gather in the host city of the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships, to reveal more detail about the biggest gathering of international swimmers since London 2012.

Athletics

Wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy and para-cyclist Shelley Gautier helped celebrate two years until the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Athletics

Standards are raised on the track in Paris.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Jason Smyth is making his World Champs comeback after missing the last in 2011, and hopes to reclaim his world titles in Lyon.

Judo

Following the buzz around ESPN’s exclusive on Dartanyon Crockett, the American judoka will now compete at the IBSA Parapan American Championships.

Australia

Australian athlete loses his battle with cancer, but his influence on Australian para-sport will be felt for a long time yet.

2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Wheelchair Tennis

Stephane Houdet and Shingo Kunieda won the men’s doubles title, while Dutch duo Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot won the women’s crown.

Wheelchair Rugby

The defending Paralympic gold medallists have already lost their spot as the top team in the wheelchair rugby world rankings.

Equestrian

Five different riders from Great Britain won the individual and freestyle tests at the equestrian event in Gloucestershire.

Sochi 2014

Sylvana Mestre, chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing Sport Technical Committee, looks ahead to the 2013/14 season and the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games.

El Salvador

The new website, all in Spanish, will provide the NPC with a digital platform to raise awareness for the Paralympic Movement in El Salvador.

Wheelchair Basketball

The Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team defeated Germany to take the IWBF European Wheelchair Basketball title.

Wheelchair Basketball

The British men’s wheelchair basketball team won the European title by just two points against Turkey.

2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Without David Weir in Lyon, Marcel Hug is expected to become the face of the men’s T54 class on the track and road.