PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Mereshko has Simmonds in her sights at Glasgow 2015
Ukrainian Yelyzaveta Mereshko is hoping to challenge the dominance of Great Britain’s multiple world and Paralympic champion at the swimming Worlds from 13 July.
Norman and Pruitt break distance world records in Indianapolis
Norman breaks 10-year-old women’s 800m T44 record by 10 seconds.
New Japanese powerlifting referees qualified
Keen to get involved with para-sport ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, 16 new national referees received training and passed their exam.
WADA launches new video series
WADA Talks is a new interview series to feature sport and government leaders
IBSA Goalball European Championships lounge opened in Kaunas
The event which is a Rio 2016 Paralympic qualifier gets underway on 5 July in Lithuania.
Russia retain Football 7 world crown
The defending champions beat Ukraine 1-0 in the final of the CP Football 7-a-side World Championships.
Five storylines for shooting Paralympic qualifiers
A number of great athletes are preparing themselves for three qualification World Cups, the first of which takes place in Osijek, Croatia, from 10 July.
#SuperheroSunday: Margarita Goncharova
After breaking the long jump T38 world record last week in Berlin, Germany, the T38 athlete shares with us her three heroes.
Taekwondo classes to be held for Korean visually impaired students
Behind the support of the National Paralympic Committee of Korea, the class will help develop athletes and the sport.
New judo world rankings published
The new rankings take into account performances at May’s IBSA World Games in Seoul, Korea.