PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Moroccan triathlete seeks podium on homemade prosthesis
Mohamed Lahna hopes to use this weekend’s ITU World Triathlon San Diego as a kick-start to his Rio 2016 training.

Hug aiming to get one over Weir
Swiss 'silvder bullet' aiming to beat British favourite and win Virgin London marathon

McFadden aims for poignant tribute
Boston marathon winner will dedicate Sunday's race to bomb blast victims

USA and Canada to meet for gold
The 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool will have an all-North American final.
Great Britain to host men’s C Goalball Euros
The top three finishers at the event will advance to the B group and will eventually hope to move up to the A group to qualify for Rio 2016.

Winter season set to begin again in August
The next season will kick off with the IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard World Cup races in Queenstown, New Zealand.

Former Swedish star traversing Nicaragua jungles
Despite retiring from wheelchair tennis as a player, Niclas Rodhborn continues to help people with an impairment around the world.

Denmark’s Andersen wins tense R4 final
After the lead changed several times Denmark’s Jonny Andersen beat Australia’s Jason Maroney by just 0.4 points in the R4 event at the 2013 IPC Shooting World Cup (Szczecin) in Poland.

Wheelchair tennis and Iranian archer nominated SportAccord award
The Wheelchair Tennis Development Fund has been nominated for the SportAccord Spirit of Sport Award 2013 in the project category and Iranian archer Zahra Nemati in the individual category.

New world records set at IPC Shooting World Cup
After revised rules were introduced to IPC Shooting, athletes set new world records at the first event of the 2013 IPC Shooting World Cup.