PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Media accreditation opens for IPC Swimming Worlds
Journalists can register to cover the event via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships.
Weir: I'd put money on Marcel Hug to win gold
Without David Weir in Lyon, Marcel Hug is expected to become the face of the men’s T54 class on the track and road.

Ukraine reel in IPC Shooting World Cup medals
A fired up Ukrainian squad dominated the third stage of the IPC Shooting World Cup in Stoke Mandeville, Great Britain.

Women’s wheelchair basketball semi-finals set at Euros
Germany, Great Britain, France and the Netherlands will all fight for the women’s European crown.

Bondarenko flies high in Lausanne - IAAF Diamond League
Ukrainian sets IAAF Diamond League record in Switzerland.

IPC announce medal event and athlete quotas for Rio 2016 Paralympics
• Games to feature 526 medal events across 22 sports• Women and athletes with high support needs main beneficiaries of additional events

Wimbledon wheelchair doubles underway
Dutch pair Jiske Griffioen and Aniek van Koot are hoping to light up the Wimbledon courts in the wheelchair doubles competition.
Throwing the distance at the World Champs
Two of the biggest rivals in athletics - Jeremy Campbell and Dan Greaves - face off in Lyon, with Campbell looking to take the discus F44 world title away from Greaves.

Will Anton Datsko’s dominance continue?
The Ukrainian wheelchair fencer will look to light up the foil and sabre events at this week’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup.
Landmark moment as Gambia signs UN Convention
African nation signs important convention to secure the future of para-sport, following extensive work by the Gambian National Paralympic Committee.