PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
USADA Hosts World's Scientific Experts at Symposium in Vancouver
"Detection of Enhancement of 02 Transport: Seven Years of Progress" was the topic for the 8th Annual USADA Symposium on Anti-Doping Science
Classification at Australian Paralympic Youth Games
130 emerging athletes were provided with national classification in the lead-up to competition
London 2012 Launches Programme Celebrating Arts for People With a Disability
'Unlimited', the UK’s largest ever disability arts programme set to transform the disability arts movement in the UK
IPC to Inform Athletes of the 2010 Prohibited List
Changes in Prohibited list released on 1 October
Olympic Congress Opened in Copenhagen
Sir Philip Craven will also be amongst the attendees
Rio de Janeiro Elected to Host 2016 Paralympic Games
Rio de Janeiro eventually triumphed by taking 66 votes from a possible 98
German President Becomes Patron for German Paralympic Youth Programme
Prof. Dr. Horst Koehler, President of the Federal Republic of Germany, has become the official Patron of the German initiative “Youth Training for Paralympics” in Germany.
Whang Youn-Dai Wins Women's Leadership Award
Dr. Whang Youn-Dai was recently named winner of the Citi-YWCA Women’s Leadership Award
IPC Athletics Plans Extensive Future
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics Sport Technical Committee (STC) met this past weekend from 25-26 September in Bonn