IPC Athletics Media Advisory
Media accreditation for the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships now open
Czech Republic take first win at sledge hockey Euros
A 1-0 win over hosts Sweden in Ostersund sees the team get their first points on the board.
Grosseto 2016 launches invitational programme for spectators
The Mayor of the city, Emilio Bonifazi, is the first person to be formally invited to June’s IPC Athletics European Championships.
Boki headstrong in the lead up to swimming Euros
Belarusian multiple Paralympic, world and European medallist claims he is ’ready for all the surprises.’
Denysiuk: My best and worst moments
The Ukrainian shooter hopes to medal at his first Paralympic Games in September, without his trousers falling down.
Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy
Around 237 athletes from 40 countries are set to compete at the Carlo Zecchini Olympic Stadium in the season’s fourth Grand Prix event.
Avila Sanchez confident he can repeat Beijing 2008 success
Mexico’s judoka looks ahead to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games with optimism, hoping for gold once again.
IPC Athletics Education course in Grosseto, Italy
The course enabled new and existing International Technical Officials and Technical Delegates receive training in how to pass on their knowledge to the next wave of Officials.
Sport Week: History of wheelchair tennis
The sport will make its seventh Paralympic Games appearance.
Riders make final push for Rio 2016 selection
Para-equestrian riders from around the world are in Deauville for shots at representing their nations at the Paralympics.
Sport Week: Wheelchair tennis venue at Rio 2016
The sport will take place on hard courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
#IDSDP: Russia, China go beyond the piste
Wheelchair fencing has allowed the two nations to come together and experience each other’s cultures.
Russia lead standings after win at Ostersund 2016
The Sochi 2014 silver medallists lead at the ice sledge hockey Euros on goal difference after their second game, whilst Italy and Norway are tied in second.
My best and worst moments with Poland’s Michal Derus
The World and European champion in the T47 class shares his highs and lows.
Dennis aims to bring USA back on to the podium
The US goalball player expects to play a key role in helping her team rebound from London 2012 disappointment.
#IDSDP: Swimmers’ friendship transcends borders
Paralympians Brad Snyder, Keichi Kimura and Matheus Sousa are fierce rivals in the pool, but have a friendship based on an understanding of life with a visual impairment.
Extensive Paralympics broadcast coverage coming to New Zealand
About 4.6 million people will get to watch Rio 2016 through TVNZ’s live streamed TV channel DUKE.
IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final events announced
IPC Athletics announces 16 events to take place at this summer’s Grand Prix Final in London, Great Britain.
Designer Nini Andrade Silva becomes swimming Euros ambassador
The world-renowned artist joins singer and celebrity Katia Aveiro as a proud advocate of the competition in Funchal, Portugal.
Sport Week: Classification in wheelchair tennis
Athletes are assigned to two sport classes, and all have an impairment that affects their legs.
