PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Road to Rio continues with Sao Paulo workshop
The Agitos Foundation is working with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee to ensure a meaningful legacy for para-sport in the Americas.
Giant slalom to attract more athletes to snowboard
Event to be added to the snowboard programme to give new athletes more opportunities to compete.
Botswana showcases para-sport
National Paralympic Committee builds on momentum of Agitos Foundation’s Organisational Capacity Programme participation.
Russia and Ukraine to face-off for world football title
The defending world champions Russia will go head-to-head with European title winner Ukraine in Sunday’s final of the Cerebral Palsy Football 7-a-side World Championships.
Chuck Aoki: Not an Olympian
The US wheelchair rugby player was recently referred to as an “Olympian.” He explains why that stuck out to him.
Anderson inducted into Hall of Fame
The Canadian wheelchair basketball ace was inducted into the Centre Wellington Sport Hall of Fame.
Throwback Thursday: 2013 IPC Swimming Worlds
Ahead of the 2015 edition, take a look back to some of the performances and highlights from the last swimming World Championships.
Australia name squad of 20 for IBWF AOZ qualifiers
The side for October’s Rio 2016 qualifier includes 14 world champions and six Paralympic gold medallists.
The 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix series in numbers
After nine Grand Prix, five continents and hundreds of races and events, here is a review of the season so far in numbers.
Lightning quick Jung aims to strike harder
Widely credited as one the fastest skater on the ice, Seung-Hwan Jung has his eye on Canada and the US now that South Korea are back in the A-Pool.