PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Day two preview – Lyon 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
Sunday will see 25 medal events contested.

IWBF U23 Worlds schedule released
The IWBF Under-23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships will take place in September in Adana, Turkey.
Lyon 2013 - Day four athlete flash quotes
Read what medallists had to say about their performances on day four at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

IPC publishes data from London 2012 medical study
Illness and injury data was captured from 3,565 athletes from 160 countries at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Sarah Storey withdraws from Road Worlds
Following the birth of her daughter, the British Paralympic champion will not participate in next month’s UCI Para-Cycling Road World Championships.
Family ties: The mountain brings us together
Some visually impaired skiers use members of their family as guides, but how does it work in practice to have someone so close hurtling down the slopes with you?

Lyon 2013 - Day four preview
The IPC Athletics World Championships will feature 23 medal events on Tuesday (23 July), including the men’s sprint finals for leg amputees.

Italy, Norway to receive sledges from Ottobock
Italy and Norway are the first countries to become a part of IPC Ice Sledge Hockey’s Ottobock Equipment Loaner Programme.

How fast will the blade runners go?
Whitehead, Oliveira, Leeper, Peacock and Browne all contenders to break records on 'Terrific Tuesday'

Whitehead confident of smashing 200 T42 record in final
British Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead is looking to beat Germany's Heinrich Popow and Australia's Scott Reardon to retain his world title.

Lyon 2013 - Day four morning review
Morocco's El Amin Chentouf picked up his second gold at the IPC Athletics World Championships on Tuesday (23 July).

Who are the media tipping - Browne or Peacock?
Ahead of the big 100m T44 showdown at the IPC Athletics World Champinships, Paralympic.org asked the media in Lyon for their winner.

Joachim Gerard upsets world No. 2 for British Open title
The world No. 6 from Belgium took the men’s singles title from France’s world No. 2 Stephane Houdet.
Browne predicts heavyweight battle in 100m T44 final
Paralympic silver medallist Richard Brown smashed rival Jonnie Peacock's world record in the semi-final at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Leeper aims to put Christchurch 100m nightmare to rest in Lyon
Former world record holder nearly won gold at 2011 Worlds

One down, five to go for McFadden
The American T54 wheelchair racer is targeting six world titles at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Wang-Hansen to anchor Norwegian sonar trio at Worlds
In just a little over one month Norway’s Aleksander Wang-Hansenk will try to lead his sonar crew to a world title.

Lyon 2013 - Day three morning session review
British T36 sprinter Paul Blake shined at the IPC Athletics World Championships, taking gold across 800m.

Lyon 2013 - Day three preview
Paralympic champion Johanna Benson faces stiff challenge from France's Many Francois-Elie in 200m T37.

Lyon 2013 - Day three athlete flash quotes
Read what the top athletes had to say on the third day of competition at the IPC Athletics World Championships.