PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
British Championships close with new personal bests
Amy Marren, Jessica-Jane Applegate and Matt Walker starred on the final day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
Australia add 20 athletes to Lyon 2013 squad
Brad Scott, Michael Roeger, Scott Reardon, Angela Ballard and Madison de Rosario are among those headed to the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.
Kindred closes in on sixth Worlds bid
Great Britain's Sascha Kindred and the Netherlands' Marc Evers had top performances on the third day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships.
Nomination process opens for 2013 Paralympic Sport Awards
Top performers from the London 2012 Paralympic Games will be honoured prior to November's IPC General Assembly and Conference in Athens, Greece.
Fox stars in pool to open British Championships
Jonathan Fox defeated the Netherlands’ Marc Evers and teammate James Crisp in the 100m backstroke in Sheffield.
Simmonds, Slater qualify for Worlds
Ellie Simmonds and Stephanie Slater highlighted the second day of the British International Disability Swimming Championships in Sheffield.
For injured Perez, powerlifting still a ‘fiesta’
Mexico’s Paralympic champion Amalia Perez is sidelined with an injury this season, but hopes to return to training soon for the Rio 2016 party in three years.
NPC Canada impressed with Toronto 2015 progress
The Canadian Paralympic Committee recently had a chance to tour venue sites for the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.
New sections included in latest edition of The Paralympian
The year’s first issue of The Paralympian magazine features how para-sport is going beyond the Paralympics, recaps of winter World Championships and the movement’s latest news.
Brazil forms partnership with Angola through 2016
Angola’s National Paralympic Committees hopes to learn from the success the Brazilian delegation had at London 2012.