PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Para-Athletics Explained: Guide Running
In the second edition of ‘Para-Athletics Explained’ we discover what it takes to be a para-athletics guide.
361° to provide uniforms for the IPC for Rio 2016
Chinese company, who is also an official Rio 2016 Games supplier, will supply uniforms and products to the IPC ahead of September’s Games.
Dubai 2016: Day three preview
World champions line up on the third day of the IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships in the UAE.
Sport Week: Para-canoe venue at Rio 2016
The Lagoa Stadium will host the para-canoe events at this year’s Paralympic Games.
Russian sledge hockey team: Not looking back
With two years to go until the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games, the Paralympic silver medallists aim to get back to their best.
Roundy gives insight into prep for PyeongChang 2018
“Snowboarding as a bilateral or above-knee amputee is the most technically complicated sport in the Paralympics,” says the US snowboarder.
Brazilian cross-country skiers work towards Paralympics
Skiers who are benefitting from Agitos Foundation support have been competing and training on snow for the first time.
Swimming classification review group meets for first time
The gathering of athletes, researchers, classifiers and representatives of IPC Swimming is the first since a review into the physical impairment classification system was announced.
Smirnov receives Allianz Athlete of the Month for February
The wheelchair curler helped Russia win back-to-back World titles.
Algerian sprinter Mohamed Allek passes away
Allek was a four-time Paralympian and one of the nation’s most popular para-athletes.