PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
DB Schenker extends IPC partnership
DB Schenker will provide the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with logistics, freight forwarding and customs clearance services for another four years.
Japan, Australia favoured at IWRF Asia-Oceania event
The IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Asia-Oceania Championships will include four teams and will be streamed live online.
Toni Pascual, Todd Nicholson give WADA interventions
The World Conference on Doping in Sport took place last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
No. 45: Lithuania grab European gold with shoot-out win
The men’s gold-medal game at the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships came down to the final seconds.
No. 46: Souhad Ghazouani lifts equivalent of 120 wine bottles
At the 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Championships, France’s Souhad Ghazouani set a world record, lifting more weight than she did when she won London 2012 Paralympic gold.
Australia end table tennis event in dominating fashion
The Australian delegation took all of the team gold medals available on the final day of the 2013 ITTF Oceania Para-Table Tennis Championships.
SVT to give Sweden unprecedented coverage at Sochi 2014
Swedish Paralympic sport fans will be able to watch live primetime coverage of the Sochi 2014 Games.
Andrea Chiarotti named Italy’s Sochi 2014 flag bearer
The Italian ice sledge hockey team’s captain has been a pioneer for his sport back home.
Third Snow sport youth circuit begins this weekend
Aspiring elite-level skiers and snowboarders continue to learn the skills they need to compete at the highest level.
WADA approves 2015 World Anti-Doping Code
More than 1,000 representatives from sport, media and the anti-doping community are in Johannesburg, South Africa, for the World Conference on Doping in Sport.