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Para-sport explained: Classification in wheelchair dance sport
To help understand classification, we take a closer look at how it works in wheelchair dance sport.

Rwanda wins inaugural women’s African volleyball champs
Rwanda will be the first African women’s sitting volleyball team to participate in a Paralympic Games after winning the regional crown.
After success in Glasgow, Dias shifts sights to Toronto
After winning seven golds at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Brazilian Daniel Dias is now gearing up for Toronto 2015.

Team Canada named for 2015 Parapan American Games
The home team has named a team of 216 athletes for Toronto 2015 which gets underway on 7 August.

Machens opens up about dancesport career
The European singles champion explains how and why wheelchair dancesport became the focus of his life.
Six countries join Rio 2016 shooting qualification race
Following the first IPC Shooting World Cup Paralympic qualifier of the season, 34 National Paralympic Committees have quota places for the next Paralympic Games.

Beijing to stage 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
The decision was taken at the 128th IOC Session in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Vladykina, Akhmetov join #ProudParalympian
Asian, European, world and Paralympic champion swimmers helped deliver the IPC’s educational programme at the IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships.

Registration opens for sixth WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships
Record participation expected for first WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships since Paralympic inclusion.

Para-triathlon Paralympic Test event set for Rio
Many of the world’s best para-triathletes will be Brazil for the test event ahead of next year’s Paralympic Games.

UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: USA, Germany and Australia populate the podium
The second day of competition in Nottwil, Switzerland, also saw medal success for cyclists from Great Britain, China and Canada.
Slovakia NPC hosts series of youth sports camps
Three camps throughout the summer will allow children to try para-sports and hear from Paralympians.

UCI Para-cycling Road World Championships: Italy retains relay world title
The team of Vittorio Podesta, Luca Mazzone, and Alessandro Zanardi were victorious in Nottwil, Switzerland.

Rahman king of the powerlifters at Almaty 2015
Iranian world and Paralympic champion breaks his own world record twice to lift 295kg.
Reyes hoping Toronto 2015 will be ‘great’ for Mexico
Paralympic champion Juan Reyes is relishing the chance to swim at his fourth Para Pan American Games in Canada.
Jung Min Lee quickly emerges into para-judo scene
Less than a year into the sport, the South Korean judoka has already captured two key titles in the men’s under-81kg.

#ThrowbackThursdays: Powerlifting at Guadalajara 2011
Relive the action from the last Parapan American Games with the Toronto 2015 edition fast approaching.

Toronto all set for successful Parapan American Games
Around 1,600 athletes from 28 countries will be in Canada for the event which features 15 sports.
Dutch para-equestrian riders dominate in Uberherrn
Rixt Van Der Horst looked in perfect form ahead of September’s European Championships.

Austrian para-swimmers meet Minister of Sport
Minister of Sport Gerald Klug highlights the importance of inclusion in the development programme “Project Rio 2016”.