PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Americas records for Araujo, Ortiz at Mexico City 2015
Mexican gold medal count increases to five after two more gold medals for the hosts of the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Open Americas Championships on Tuesday (28 April).

Great Britain’s Baker rides new horse to gold at para-equestrian meeting in Waregem, Belgium
On Sooki St. James, the London 2012 champion takes team, individual events in Grade II competition

WOWOW Inc., to include wheelchair tennis in lineup
Japanese broadcasting company will show Grand Slam wheelchair tennis tournaments.

Iranian Paralympic champion passes away
Hossein Barghchi won gold at the Atlanta 1996 Paralympic Games.
Clap de fin for Gauthier-Manuel
France’s multiple Paralympic and Worlds medallist Vincent Gauthier-Manuel has retired from alpine skiing after eight years at the top of the sport.

Powerlifter Perez sets new world record
World and Paralympic champion Amalia Perez registered 132.5kg at the IPC Powerlifting Open Americas Championships at home in Mexico City on Monday (27 April).

Czech Republic hold off Japan at Buffalo 2015
The Czech Republic, Canada, Russia and USA all won on Day 2 of the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.

Latest edition of para-sport training project underway
The Agitos Foundation, alongside the IPC Academy, concluded the third round of the Organisational Capacity Programme for National Paralympic Committees in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Faces of the future: Great Britain’s Maria Lyle
She may only be 15-years-old but Maria Lyle is a world record holder and double European champion.

Allianz Suisse and Swiss Paralympic extend their co-operation
Allianz Suisse will support Swiss Paralympic for another two years.