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Kirsten Bruhn

Top German athletes scoop up awards

Kirsten Bruhn won a BAMBI award, and Birgit Kober, Jochen Wollmert and Germany’s women’s wheelchair basketball team were also honoured.

Ellie Simmonds

3 Paralympians up for BBC’s SPOTY

London 2012 Paralympic gold medallists Sarah Storey, Ellie Simmonds and David Weir have all been nominated for BBC’s Sports Personality of the Year award.

Germany ice sledge hockey

What to watch: November

Here’s a brief run-down of the top Paralympic sporting events around the world to keep your eyes on in November.

group of men in racing wheelchairs pass spectators

Oita Marathon to take centre stage

Switerzland’s Marcel Hug and Heinz Frei, and Japan’s Soejima Masazumi and Tsuchida Wakako will all take to the start line on Sunday in Oita City.

Ryan Chalmers

Chalmers to 'Push Across America'

After seeing the electric atmosphere at London 2012, USA’s Ryan Chalmers wants to replicate that awareness of Paralympic sport back home with his “Push Across America.”