PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Youth coordinators show incredible progress
A group of coordinators from African countries have reported on how they have developed athletes for national teams.
Wheelchair tennis players prepare for US Open Grand Slam
Japanese world number ones will be aiming for title success at Flushing Meadows
Weikert becomes new ITTF President
German Thomas Weirkert succeeds Canadian Adham Sharara who has taken up his new role as ITTF President
Browne aiming for world record at Memorial Van Damme
Two races – the men’s 200m T44 and women’s 400m T34-54 – will take place at the final Diamond League meeting of the year.
Vote now for Allianz Athlete of the Month, Best Male
After a bumper month of sport in August, the nominations will be split into three categories beginning with Best Male.
No. 20: Rwanda sitting volleyball team make it to London 2012
The Paralympic Movement is filled with inspirational and compelling stories of triumph over adversity, but there are few stories as awe-inspiring as the Rwandan sitting volleyball team’s formation and qualification for London 2012.
Tickets to NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters now on-sale
November’s event will feature 20 of the world’s best wheelchair tennis players.
Classification Committee meet to discuss 2017 Code
Meetings took place across six days to review version one of the IPC Classification Code.
SHIF /SPK elect Margareta Israelsson as new chairman
Israelsson elected chair of the Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee at an extraordinary meeting
USA and Great Britain’s women dominate UCI Worlds
Of the six women’s world titles up for grabs on Sunday US and British women won five of them.