PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

'Little Cannon' throws down Lyon gauntlet
Italian Assunta Legnante sets season's best in shot put ahead of World Champs and aims for a podium in the discus.
UN advisor Lemke visits NPC Iran
UN Special Advsior Wilfried Lemke met with NPC Iran to discuss the organisation’s successes and development initiatives.

NPC Brazil nominates Andrew Parsons for IPC Vice President
Andrew Parsons currently serves as a Member at Large of the IPC Governing Board.

Argentina’s football 7-a-side coach wants Worlds bid
This month’s Intercontinental Cup will serve as a qualification tournament for the CPISRA Football 7-a-Side World Championships.

Oliveira excited by Leeper rivalry at Lyon 2013
Brazilian Paralympic champion Alan Fonteles Oliveira is targeting world records in France at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Guilhermina targets sub 12 seconds 100m at Lyon 2013
Brazilian world and Paralympic champion wants to go faster than ever before.
Cuba’s Hierrezuelo Marcillis picks up two judoka golds
Jorge Hierrezuelo Marcillis won the men’s -90kg category at both the IBSA Parapan American Championships and USA Judo International Championships.
Polish shooter suspended after Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Slawomir Okoniewski suspended for three months for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.
Popow sends Reardon warning shot with 100m world record
German smashes Australian's world record ahead of world title showdown on 26 July

IPC appoints pmplegacy to lead Paralympic Games review
Sporting events consultancy appointed to carry out a strategic, independant review of London 2012.

Teams start arriving for Lyon 2013
Eighty-six of the 98 countires competing at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships will arrive in the city on Monday (15 July).

Age no barrier for Dutch champion Huitzing
Inge Huitzing’s 24-point performance helped the Netherlands’ women’s wheelchair basketball team take the European title this year.

Australian riders self-fund European training trip
A small group of Australian dressage riders are spending the summer in Europe to prepare for major international equestrian events.

Download your copy of new Paralympian magazine
The latest edition features the vicious cycle of athlete funding on the road to Rio 2016, as well as a preview of major summer sporting events.
Lyon 2013 to be biggest World Championships to date
1,100 athletes from 99 countries set to compete in 207 medal events and media and broadcasters from 25 countries will provide coverage.
Graham Cockroft: What has (or hasn't!) changed
Hannah Cockroft’s father on what it was like for him seeing his daughter win gold at London 2012, and what has changed going into Lyon 2013.

For Reynolds, it’s not too soon to swim toward Rio
Young newcomer to the New Zealand swimming team has his sights set high for Montreal, which will be his first major international competition.

Looking at Lyon: Men’s discus F44
The biggest battle on the field in Lyon is expected to be between Great Britain’s Dan Greaves and the USA’s Jeremy Campbell in the discus F44.

Wheelchair tennis stars head to British Open
Nine of the world’s top 10 men’s players will compete in the wheelchair tennis British Open from 16-21 July.