PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Schär bids to retain marathon world title in London
The Swiss racer knows that to retain her crown she will have to stop the USA’s Tatyana McFadden from winning her third successive Virgin Money London Marathon.

France pulls away for wheelchair rugby European Division B championship
Ireland takes silver, still has chance to qualify for Rio 2016
Mitsui Fudosan becomes latest Gold Partner for Tokyo 2020
Committee welcomes the company ‘Real Estate Development’ category
Buffalo 2015: Czech Republic preview
Still on the hunt for the first A-Pool medal, the Czech Republic have been in good form this season.
Amid global competition, USA shines at AAE Arizona Cup
Event helps athletes prepare for World Archery Para Championships
Stetsenko, Cochrane amongst world record breakers
Seven new world records for Australia and three for the USA’s Jessica Long also highlight the weekend’s action at the Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft in Berlin, Germany.

Chinese athletes smash 18-year-old world record in Beijing
On the final day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix, a quartet of Chinese athletes took 0.3 seconds off the 4x100m T11-13 world record.

Six things to know about the Czech Republic
As the team prepare for Buffalo 2015, Paralympic.org asked head coach Jiri Briza and defenceman David Motycka about their aspirations for PyeongChang 2018.

Ibragimov claims first win with new world record
Only in his second competitive season, Uzbekistan’s Server Ibragimov storms onto the international stage with victory at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.

Buffalo 2015: Japan team preview
After creating a huge upset on the international stage by beating Canada to progress to the final at Vancouver 2010, Japan are in Buffalo at the start of their road to PyeongChang 2018.