PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Flying Finn Suur-Hamari hopes for Worlds double
New snowboard-cross world champion Matti Suur-Hamari wants to inspire other Scandinavian athletes to take up para-snowboard.

Athletics and swimming set to feature on National Paralympic Day 2015 programme in Great Britain
Event will take place on Sunday 26 July in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, London.
Visually impaired shooting development continues
Poland topped the medals table with two golds at Grand Prix, held as part of the sport’s development project.
Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool now open
Media can sign up for accreditation via www.paralympic.org/buffalo-2015/media.

125th Paralympic school day takes place in Croatia
The Croatian Paralympic Committee and Allianz started Paralympic school days in 2010 to teach pupils the values of tolerance and acceptance.

Three world records fall on final day of Dubai Grand Prix
Ten world and 54 regional records were broken during four days of action at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Dubai, UAE.
Altmann and Van Biesen confirmed to speak at VISTA 2015
The pair will speak about conceptual applications of evidence-based classification

London’s former Olympic Stadium set to host Grand Prix Final
On Sunday 26 July, the IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final is due to take place in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park.

How I got into para-athletics: Brent Lakatos
The Canadian world champion athletes gives us the lowdown on how he first got into the sport of para-athletics.

Four questions for Kimberley Joines
Canada’s multiple world and Paralympic medallist Kimberley Joines took a few moments to give fans an insight into her life on snow and why she likes Panorama so much.