PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
 
						Swiss team named for Swansea 2014
Marcel Hug and Manuela Schaer headline the Swiss team for the IPC Athletics European Championships
 
						IPC publishes 2013 Annual Report
After a busy year for para-sport, the IPC has published its achievements from 2013.
 
						Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games set to start
Around 300 para-athletes from 20 countries will compete in 22 medal events across five sports, the most ever.
 
							The meeting of dancers Sedakov and Kukushina
Russian wheelchair dance couple Maksim Sedakov and Svetlana Kukushina first met through a chance encounter but Sedakov has gone on to dance at the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
 
						Irish swimmer Keane shifts from education to Eindhoven 2014
Ellen Keane will compete at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, having become a Paralympian even before finishing her exams.
 
						Skelhon wins Great Britain's first world title in Suhl
Great Britain's Matt Skelhon and Sweden's Joackim Norberg were the gold medal winners on the fourth day of the IPC Shooting World Championships.
Russia start as favourites for European glory
Eleven teams will compete in the 2014 CPISRA Football 7-a-side European Championships between 23 July and 4 August.
 
						Leo Pekka Tathi aims to retain 100m European title
Flying Finn ready to face some of the world’s best wheelchair racers at Swansea 2014
Philippe Mees resigns as Belgian Paralympic Committee President
Mees held the position since 1 January 2014 but has left for personal reasons
 
						APC appoints 2XU exclusive uniform partner for Rio & beyond
After supplying kit for London 2012 and Sochi 2014, 2XU will continue to supply thr Australian Paralympic Committee through to Rio 2016.
 
			 
						 
						 
						