PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
No. 26: Russian sitting volleyball squad surprises
From missing out on the Paralympics to becoming European champions, Russia’s women’s sitting volleyball team are on the rise.
No. 27: Rob Davies vaults to table tennis world No. 1
From winning double gold at the European Championships to topping the world rankings, Great Britain’s Rob Davies explains the best year of his life.
NEC extends sponsorship of wheelchair tennis
NEC Corporation will continue to support major international wheelchair tennis tournaments in 2014.
2014 Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Worlds to draw 12 teams
For the first time in 2014, there will be separate men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball World Championship events.
No. 28: Newcomer Guus Bijlard’s shocking sailing title
Six month after entering the one-person keelboat, the Netherlands’ Guus Bijlard won his first world title.
No. 29: Young women target greatness in shooting
Germany’s Natascha Hiltrop wins her first major title, and judge Robynne Browne raises the Paralympic flag at 2013 IPC Shooting European Championships.
Declan Farmer, Josh Pauls keep USA undefeated
The USA beat South Korea and Canada recorded a victory over Russia on the second day of the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.
Australia capture two wheelchair basketball titles
Both Australia’s men’s and women’s teams won the IWBF Asia-Oceania Zone Championships, qualifying themselves for the World Championships.
Sir Philip Craven speaks on gender equality in sport
Find out what the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is doing to increase the number of female leaders in the Paralympic Movement.
Canada, USA open World Sledge Hockey Challenge with wins
Canada beat South Korea and the USA escaped with a win over Russia at the MasterCard Centre in Toronto.