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What to watch: August 2015
It will be a big month for many athletes, with Toronto 2015 and World Championships in canoe and archery on the agenda.

IPC launches call for Rio 2016 research applications
Proposals are invited in the areas of athlete health, classification, sport counselling, assistive technology, athlete identity, marketing and branding, development and public awareness, as well as other relevant subject areas.

Para-cycling: Mazzone sweeps H2 class, Eskau tops H5
Italy’s Mazzone dominated his class with gold in all three events; Germany’s Eskau rebounded from a tough season with gold in the road race.

Toronto 2015 preview: Football 7-a-side
World’s best player Jan Francisco aims to light up Toronto 2015 and win gold for Brazil.

Schulz overcomes close start in para-triathlon test event
The German trailed Great Britain’s Peasgood in the first two legs but came back in the running portion for the gold.

IPC to livestream four sports from Toronto 2015
From 8 August, viewers will be able to choose from athletics, swimming, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair tennis and a mixed channel.
Recapping the month in para-sport: July 2015
The IPC Swimming World Championships were not the only major event that wrapped up last month.

Big interview: Kristina Molloy of Toronto 2015
Q&A with the Director of Planning and Integration of the Toronto 2015 Parapan Am Games, which run from 7-15 August.

USA’s Kaiser aims for gold at Toronto 2015
In her second Parapan Am Games, the wheelchair tennis player hopes to triumph this time around.

Para-cycling: First world title for Hilario Rimas, clean sweep for Germany in C1
Days before he is due to compete at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games, Peru’s Rimas claims world gold.

#SuperheroSunday: Yunidis Castillo
The Cuban sprinter is preparing for a busy summer preparing to defend her titles at August’s Parapan American Games and October’s World Championships.

UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: Italian perfection across the board!
Luca Mazzone, Vittorio Podesta and Alessandro Zanardi amongst the gold medallists in Nottwil, Switzerland.

Para-sport explained: Classification in wheelchair dance sport
To help understand classification, we take a closer look at how it works in wheelchair dance sport.

Rwanda wins inaugural women’s African volleyball champs
Rwanda will be the first African women’s sitting volleyball team to participate in a Paralympic Games after winning the regional crown.
After success in Glasgow, Dias shifts sights to Toronto
After winning seven golds at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Brazilian Daniel Dias is now gearing up for Toronto 2015.

Team Canada named for 2015 Parapan American Games
The home team has named a team of 216 athletes for Toronto 2015 which gets underway on 7 August.

Machens opens up about dancesport career
The European singles champion explains how and why wheelchair dancesport became the focus of his life.
Six countries join Rio 2016 shooting qualification race
Following the first IPC Shooting World Cup Paralympic qualifier of the season, 34 National Paralympic Committees have quota places for the next Paralympic Games.

Beijing to stage 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
The decision was taken at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Vladykina, Akhmetov join #ProudParalympian
Asian, European, world and Paralympic champion swimmers helped deliver the IPC’s educational programme at the IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships.