PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Rodrigo Mendoza anticipates football-5 final
The Argentinian goalkeeper is hoping the team can beat hosts Brazil in the gold-medal match of the fourth Youth Parapan American Games in Sao Paulo.

Slovenian children introduced to Para sports
The National Paralympic Committee has been working with its partners to recruit the next generation of sports stars.
Giant Apinis throw smashes his own discus world record in Dubai
Latvia’s multiple world and Paralympic champion added 47cm to his discus F52 world record.

Daniel Dias visits Brazilian Paralympic Centre
Brazil´s most decorated Paralympian attended the swimming competitions at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.

SP2017: Two Brazil-Argentina finals set for Sao Paulo 2017
The South American rivals will face each other for gold in the football 5 and football 7 finals respectively at the Youth Parapan American Games.
National Championships to conclude French ski season
World champion snowboarders and Nordic and alpine skiers will compete in Les Saisies from 25-28 March.

Out and about with #TeamAgitos
Find out what has been going on in projects supported by the Agitos Foundation at the beginning of the year.

Historic partnership marks 500 days to 2018 Worlds
GIO will be the official naming sponsor of next year’s wheelchair rugby World Championships.
Kamiji reflects on beating No. 1 Griffioen
Winning the Australian Open was special, not only because the Japanese player broke the Dutch dominance.

Growing Para rowing in the Americas
An international Para rowing training camp was held in Sarasota-Bradenton, USA, which was the first of its kind.