PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Five to watch at Wheelchair Fencing World Championships
Here are the favourites for gold when battle commences in Eger, Hungary.

World Para-Taekwondo Championships get underway
More than 130 athletes to compete in flagship event in Samsun, Turkey.

Five facts about…..Namibia’s Johanna Benson
She won gold at London 2012, but what else do you know about the Namibian sprinter ahead of October’s IPC Athletics World Championships

IPC Swimming searches for new Vice Chairperson
The International Federation for para-swimming thanks outgoing Vice Chairperson Glenn Tasker for his work.

World record for South Korea at shooting World Cup
Australia also secure a quota place at the Rio 2016 qualifier in Sydney, Australia.

Competitions get underway in Brazzaville
Nearly 300 athletes from 25 countries are competing for Rio 2016 qualification.

Tesch, Fitzgibbon look to ride London success into Rio 2016
The defending Paralympic, world champion duo aim to repeat their success in the mixed two person SKUD 18 class at Rio 2016.

Globo Group to broadcast the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in Brazil
SporTV will screen the competitions and Globo will have biggest coverage ever for the Paralympic Games in Brazil.

Six questions with Poland’s Michal Derus
Ahead of October’s IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, the Polish T46 sprinter answers six key questions.

Test event gives IPC confidence in Doha 2015’s success
Operations at the GCC Para-Athletics Championships, which will serve as the same site for October’s World Championships, ran ‘smoothly and to plan.’