Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Greg Westlake

Canadian ice sledge hockey captain Greg Westlake looks to improve his skill set on the ice heading into the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey A Pool World Championships.

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The Glasgow 2014 organising committee is now accepting applications for 2014 Commonwealth Games volunteers.

Shingo Kunieda

Japan’s Shingo Kunieda won his 20th Super Series title, while the Netherlands’ Jiske Griffioen claimed her third in Sydney.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

The IPC has launched the official event websites for this season’s Ice Sledge Hockey A and B Pool World Championships.

Brian McKeever

Despite a lack of snow, cross-country skiers from Norway, Germany and Canada had top finishes at the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Cable, Wisconsin, USA.

Germany ice sledge hockey

This week, take a minute to get to know Dutch-born ice sledge hockey player Bas Disveld, who is one of Germany’s leading forwards.

Alexi Salamone and Taylor Chace

The IPC has launched the official event websites for this season’s Ice Sledge Hockey A and B Pool World Championships.

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Canada and Norway each won two cross-country races on the third day of the 2012-13 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Cable, Wisconsin, USA.

Great Britain's Kelly Gallagher with guide Charlotte Evans

BPA Performance Director Penny Briscoe will lead the British team into the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Lex Gillette

USA’s visually impaired sprinter and long jumper shares how staying in your lane isn’t just a concept that applies to athletes.

Jonnie Peacock

Doha will stage the last major gathering of international top athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

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The 2013 US Paralympics athletics roster will be led by London Paralympic champions Jeremy Campbell, Raymond Martin, Tatyana McFadden and Shirley Reilly.

Jonnie Peacock

Doha will stage the last major gathering of international top athletes before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Zoe Newson

British powerlifter Zoe Newson battles with nerves as she competes for the first time since winning bronze at London 2012.

France's Vincent Gauthier-Manuel skiing slalom race at 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup in St Moritz, Switzerland

After seven World Cup races, new winners have emerged on the men’s side with France’s Vincent Gauthier-Manuel and Austria’s Philipp Bonadimann winning for the first time this season.

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Fifteen-year-old Russian Alexey Bugaev defeated France’s Vincent Gauthier-Manuel to win his first IPC Alpine Skiing World Cup race.

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Media can register for accreditation via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and Nordic Skiing World Championships.

A picture of a man skiing.

Media can register for accreditation via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships and Nordic Skiing World Championships.

A picture of two men in a sledge playing ice sledge hockey.

Canada and Norway’s ice sledge hockey teams will play a three-game series this week in La Baie, Quebec

Australia’s Dan Fitzgibbon and Liesl Tesch

Australia’s National Training Centre for sailing will become more accessible for people with an impairment in the near future.