PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Clough sets para-rowing world record at British Rowing Indoor Championships
The Nottingham RC rower set an LTA overall world record of 3:28.6 for 1,000m at the event staged in the Olympic Velodrome in London on Monday, 9 February.

‘9LivesJoines’ focuses on technical racing
Canada’s former speed world champion is hoping that a shift to technical events will help her onto the podium at the 2015 Worlds in Panorama, Canada.

British table tennis players step-up Rio 2016 preparations
Training camps, partnerships and matches against Olympic counterparts are all part of the British masterplan for success at Rio 2016.

Russia remains undefeated at World Wheelchair Curling Championships 2015
China lost their 100 per cent record after losing to the USA on day 3 of the World Championships.

IPC announces new Standing Committee appointments
New appointments made to the IPC Standing Committees for Women in Sports, Development, Education and Paralympic Games.

Australia's most successful Paralympian announces retirement
During a glittering career Matthew Cowdrey won 13 Paralympic and 16 world titles.

Brazilian Paralympic Committee celebrates 20th anniversary
CPB have launched a special commemorative logo to celebrate their anniversary.

10.9 Tuesdays: Dahl ready to take to podium
US teenager McKenna Dahl is one of her country’s brightest medal hopes in shooting for Rio 2016, and aims to step onto the World Cup podium in 2015.

USA announces 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships team
Tatyana McFadden and Ray Martin headline US marathon team for 2015 World Championships.

USA’s Andrew Soule named January’s Athlete of the Month
At Cable 2015 Soule made history be winning the most medals ever at a single World Championships by a US Nordic skier.