PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Looking at Lyon: Men’s 100m T42
Heinrich Popow and Scott Reardon headline a stacked field in the men’s T42 class at the IPC Athletics World Championships.
NPC Spain creates Athletes’ Council
The Council will serve as a consulting body between the NPC and its athletes.
USA holding Sochi 2014 sledge hockey tryouts
Sixty-one players will compete for 17 roster spots available on USA’s ice sledge hockey team for Sochi 2014.
USA’s Jeremy Campbell, Jessica Long win ESPYs
The American discus thrower and swimmer – both Paralympic champions – were named Best Male and Female Athlete with a Disability, respectively.
Day one preview – Lyon 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships
• 17 gold medals up for grabs as Lyon 2013 get underway.
Abdi Jama: From European champion to Ramadan observer
After captaining Great Britain to another wheelchair basketball European title, Abdi Jama begins to celebrate Ramadan.
Wagner, Sithole to contest quads title at British Open
The 24th British Open Wheelchair Tennis Championships will conclude this weekend at the Nottingham Tennis Centre.
Looking at Lyon: Men’s 100m T44
Will Jonnie Peacock or Richard Browne cruise to a world title, or will another amputee sprinter pass them before the finish?
Rwanda send athletes to their first World Champs
African nation send three athletes to Lyon following the Agitos Foundation 2013 Athletics Technical Courses in Nairobi.
O’Hanlon hopes meningitis does not derail 400m title bid
Illness prevented Australian from training in the lead up to Lyon, but he is optimistic he can add the longer sprint to his 100m and 200m world titles.