PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

#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.