PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Extensive Paralympics broadcast coverage coming to New Zealand
About 4.6 million people will get to watch Rio 2016 through TVNZ’s live streamed TV channel DUKE.
IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final events announced
IPC Athletics announces 16 events to take place at this summer’s Grand Prix Final in London, Great Britain.
Designer Nini Andrade Silva becomes swimming Euros ambassador
The world-renowned artist joins singer and celebrity Katia Aveiro as a proud advocate of the competition in Funchal, Portugal.
Sport Week: Wheelchair tennis venue at Rio 2016
The sport will take place on hard courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
#IDSDP: Russia, China go beyond the piste
Wheelchair fencing has allowed the two nations to come together and experience each other’s cultures.
Russia lead standings after win at Ostersund 2016
The Sochi 2014 silver medallists lead at the ice sledge hockey Euros on goal difference after their second game, whilst Italy and Norway are tied in second.
Special Rio 2016 preview edition of The Paralympian now available
The first edition of 2016 profiles several of the athletes going for gold at September’s Games.
Italy, Russia, Norway, all secure opening Euros wins
The first day of the 2016 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships in Ostersund, Sweden, witnessed 11 goals.
Harvey Norman to fundraise nationally in support of the New Zealand Paralympic Team
Australasia’s largest retailers of Furniture, Bedding, Computer and Electrical will conduct a nationwide fundraising campaign in support of the team heading to Rio 2016.
Chen eyes Asian Championships title
China’s Yijun Chen is hoping to guarantee a place at Rio 2016 with gold at the Asian Wheelchair Fencing Championships.