PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Media accreditation opens for Women’s Wheelchair Basketball Worlds
For the first time since 1994, the IWBF Women’s Wheelchair Basketball World Championships will be a separate event from the men’s Championships.

Vervoort marks comeback with European record in Nottwil
After being told she would never race again, the 35-year-old Paralympic champion broke the 16-year-old European record.

Van Rhijn hints at new horizons in Nottwil
The Netherlands’ superstar world and Paralympic champion sprinter will compete over 400m at the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Switzerland.

Grand Prix power session to feature series of rivalries
The IPC Athletics Grand Prix moves to Nottwil, Switzerland, for the first European leg of the series, headlined by the Saturday evening session.

Cockcroft smashes 200m world record in Nottwil
First day of IPC Athletics Grand Prix also saw Marcel Hug beat David Weir over 10,000m

Nottwil Grand Prix to be family affair for Manuela Schaer
The T54 wheelchair racer will compete in front of a familiar crowd in the fifth stop on the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Chuck Aoki: Should the US ratify the UN Convention?
The wheelchair rugby player blogs about the first steps in changing perceptions in America about people with an impairment.

IPC encouraged by Rio 2016 progress
Two day project review in Rio concludes as IPC Vice President Andrew Parsons is appointed Chair of Rio 2016 Paralympic Integration Committee

FEI marks 100 days to World Equestrian Games
Giant hoof prints on Normandy beach have marked the milestone ahead of the biggest para-equestrian event of the year.

FEI launches Photo Grand Prix to find global photography talent
Do you have what it takes to be a top equestrian photographer?

Kevin Rempel: Training with a purpose
The Canadian ice sledge hockey Paralympic bronze medallist shares some of his latest training tips for the next Paralympic cycle.

Allianz becomes first global partner of IPC Athletics
Allianz and Paralympic Movement strengthen their ties

FIBT becomes newest IPC recognised IF
Bobsleigh and skeleton have been recognised by the IPC and supported by the Paralympic Family.

Boris Johnson announces 2015 World Wheelchair Rugby Challenge
The international wheelchair rugby tournament at Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park will be a legacy of the London 2012 Games.

USA reveal squad for Wheelchair Basketball Worlds
Find out which 12 players will be heading to Incheon, South Korea, in July.

‘Legacy’ and ‘quality’ subjects of Glasgow 2015 visit
IPC Swimming carried out a site visit to Glasgow, Great Britain, which will play host to the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Modin loses guide as he tries to keep pace with McKeever
After two successful Paralympics, Swedish Nordic skier Zebastian Modin is on the hunt for a new guide.

Surprise winners shine at Slovenian Para-Table Tennis Open
Find out who won the men’s and women’s singles events and the team events at the major international competition.

Italy lead Para-Cycling Road World Cup after first stop
Nine athletes won both the time trial and road race in Castiglione Della Pescaia, including Italian handcyclist Alex Zanardi.

Scheffers, Whiley, Lapthorne win Atlanta titles
Great Britain picked up two victories and the Netherlands took one title at the wheelchair tennis Atlanta Open.