PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Entry Deadline Approaching for Athletics Europeans
European National Paralympic Committees (NPCs) have until the 7 May to enter their athletes in the 2012 IPC Athletics European Championships.
Näder Chair of Supervisory Board of German NADA
Prof. Hans Georg Näder, president and CEO of Otto Bock, is the new Supervisory Board of the German National Anti-Doping Agency's (NADA) chairperson.
IPC Shooting and IPC Powerlifting Announce London 2012 Bipartite Slots
The 51 athletes who have been allocated bipartite slots to participate in the London 2012 Paralympics Games has been revealed by the international governing bodies of Paralympic Powerlifting and Shooting.
London Paralympics Set to be Most Watched Games Ever
The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) has announced a record-breaking collection of Rights Holding Broadcasters to screen the Paralympic Games across the globe this summer.
Out of the Shadows and into the Limelight
How the Paralympic Movement is becoming a commerical success. (This article was first published in The Paralympian, the official magazine of the Parlaympic Movement).
Michelle Obama to Open Warrior Games
USA’s first lady will deliver the remarks at the Warrior Games Opening Ceremony, and First Lieutenant Melissa Stockwell and British Armed Forces member Captain Simon Maxwell will light the cauldron.
Ottobock’s Travelling Exhibition Moves to Scotland
The IPC and Ottobock’s interactive exhibition, “Passion for Paralympics,” moved to the Glasgow Science Centre for two weeks.
GB Names Wheelchair Basketball Teams for Manchester
With the return of Jon Pollock and Terry Bywater, Great Britain’s men’s Wheelchair Basketball squad is looking strong for May’s BT Paralympic World Cup.