Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Gary Farmer

Great Britain defeated Poland 8-0 and Estonia beat Slovakia 2-0 on the final day of group play at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

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The Brazilian Paralympic Commitee will choose a new Board of Directors, Audit Committee and Executive Board for the next four years.

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Goaltender Mitsuru Nagase will be one of Japan’s key players in trying to get the team back to the Paralympic Winter Games.

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More than 25,000 volunteers are being trained in Sochi to help out at the next Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

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Germany beat Slovakia 7-0 and Japan triumphed against Great Britain 3-1 at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

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Interested non-rights holding broadcasters can apply online via www.paralympic.org/events.

Daniel Dias

After claiming six gold medals at London 2012, Brazilian swimming star Daniel Dias won the Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award.

New NPC Rwanda Executive Committee

Celestin Nzeyimana to take over as President from Dominique Bizimana

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Paralympic champion Jessica-Jane Applegate won four golds at the British Gas International Swimming Meet in Leeds.

Japan ice sledge hockey

Japan dominated Poland and Germany beat Estonia to open up action at the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

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Russia not only won the nations trophy, but also the men's standing and women's visually impaired overall trophies.

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The 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool opened in Nagano on Sunday (10 March).

Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher and guide Charlotte Evans in action in La Molina

After a difficult season, Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher with guide Charlotte Evans topped the podium in the women's giant slalom visually impaired at the World Cup Finals in Sochi, Russia.

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With just two more events to go, Russian athletes Alexandra Frantseva and Alexey Bugaev lead the women's and men's rankings at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup.

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In honour of International Women’s Day, here are 10 women who have had a great impact on Paralympic sport.

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The 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup Finals serve as a test event for the Paralympic Winter Games in Sochi in 2014.

Esther Vergeer

Although wheelchair tennis star Esther Vergeer has retired, she will certainly leave a mark on Paralympic sport for years to come.

Sylvana Mestre with IPC Development Camp graduates Marie Bochet and Jasper Balcaen

IPC Alpine Skiing’s Sylvana Mestre was presented with the ‘2013 International Women’s Day Recognition.’

Australia's Mitch Gourle

Kate McLoughlin will lead an Australian team in Sochi that’s still looking for their first Paralympic Winter Games gold medal.

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The IPC's Digital Media Manager gives her top tips on who to follow and like on social media in the lead-up to Sochi 2014.