PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Who will win Best Male Games Debut?
The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Raymond Martin, Jonnie Peacock and Alex Zanardi.
No. 43: Brazil aims high for 2016 with new training centre
The start of construction for Brazil’s new Paralympic Training Centre highlighted a host of events this year in the lead-up to the Rio 2016 Games.
USA Rugby announces Paralympic partnership
The No. 1-ranked wheelchair rugby team in the world will now be supported by USA Rugby, the nation’s able-bodied federation for the sport.
No. 44: Wheelchair dance sport rings the changes
Several big moments and competitions in 2013 have made the sport more accessible, competitive and popular.
DB Schenker extends IPC partnership
DB Schenker will provide the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) with logistics, freight forwarding and customs clearance services for another four years.
Who will win Best Female Games Debut?
The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Johanna Benson, Michele George and Marlou van Rhijn.
Japan, Australia favoured at IWRF Asia-Oceania event
The IWRF Wheelchair Rugby Asia-Oceania Championships will include four teams and will be streamed live online.
Toni Pascual, Todd Nicholson give WADA interventions
The World Conference on Doping in Sport took place last week in Johannesburg, South Africa.
No. 45: Lithuania grab European gold with shoot-out win
The men’s gold-medal game at the 2013 IBSA Goalball European Championships came down to the final seconds.
No. 46: Souhad Ghazouani lifts equivalent of 120 wine bottles
At the 2013 IPC Powerlifting European Championships, France’s Souhad Ghazouani set a world record, lifting more weight than she did when she won London 2012 Paralympic gold.