PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Don't count out Tunisia in Lyon
Four Paralympic champions hope to bring more titles back to Tunisia from the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Looking at Lyon: Men’s 5,000m T54
In the first of nine event previews for the IPC Athletics World Championships, the men’s 5,000m T54 will offer a glimpse of wheelchair racing’s future.

For Reynolds, it’s not too soon to swim toward Rio
Young newcomer to the New Zealand swimming team has his sights set high for Montreal, which will be his first major international competition.

World Champs unveiled to Canadians
Dignitaries and athletes gather in the host city of the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships, to reveal more detail about the biggest gathering of international swimmers since London 2012.

Toronto 2015 celebrates two-year countdown
Wheelchair racer Josh Cassidy and para-cyclist Shelley Gautier helped celebrate two years until the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Russia open new Paralympic training centre
Athletes from four different winter sports and two summer sports now have new facilities to train at in Udmurtiya, Russia.

IPC’s Annual Report 2012 showcases record-breaking year
The IPC’s Annual Report 2012 is now available for download.

Channel 4 continues Paralympics legacy
British broadcaster will be showing athletics and swimming World Champs, as well as the Sainsbury’s Anniversary Games.
Marieke Vervoort in battle royale with Michelle Stilwell
Belgian aiming to topple world No. 1 over 100m and 200m in Lyon.

Looking at Lyon: Women’s 100m T37
The women’s 100m T37 sprint will be a quick battle to the finish between France’s Mandy Francois-Elie and Namibia’s Johanna Benson.