PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Media accreditation opens for IPC Athletics World Championships
Media can register for accreditation via the media accreditation page for the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Warrior Games close in Colorado Springs
The Warrior Games featured 260 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans.

APC partners with ABU for broadcast opportunities
The Asian Paralympic Committee (APC) and Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) are looking to enhance coverage of the Asian Para-Games and Asian Youth Para-Games.
Medals will be last item on Mamalos' mind in Aleksin
Greece’s Pavlos Mamalos has built quite a following heading into next week’s IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships in Aleksin, Russia.

Desert Challenge 2013 preview - IPC Athletics Grand Prix
Big American names set to compete in Arizona this weekend.
Sochi 2014 set to unveil Games medals
The medals for the next Paralympic Winter Games will be revealed on 30 May.

Ireland win football 7 tournament in dramatic shoot-out
Ireland defeated the Netherlands for first place at the 2013 Dublin Gathering, and Scotland took third place.

Austria to hold football 7-a-side workshop
Austria are hoping to establish a football 7-a-side team in time for next year’s European Championships.
IPC to live stream Powerlifting Euros
The biggest international powerlifting meet since the London 2012 Paralympics, the 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships will run from 22-26 May in Aleksin, Russia.

Chuck Aoki: Do able-bodied people belong in para-sport?
American wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki wants to know what you think about able-bodied people involved in the Paralympic Movement.

New Zealand squad revealed for Road Worlds
A 10-strong team will represent New Zealand at this year’s Para-cycling Road World Cup and Road World Championships.

Russia ready to raise bar in Aleksin
With 31 of the 137 athletes, Russia will have the largest delegation at next week’s 2013 IPC Powerlifting Open European Championships.

Van Rhijn breaks 400m world record at Dutch Open
The Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn now holds world records in the 100m, 200m and 400m distances in the T43 class.

New Zealand announces shooting team for IPC World Cup
London 2012 medallist Michael Johnson to lead team of five.

Stuart Lieberman: 15 most marketable para-athletes
Following Alan Fonteles Oliveira’s inclusion in SportsPro’s 50 Most Marketable Athletes, here are 15 other Paralympians who IPC Editorial Co-ordinator Stuart Lieberman believes have the potential to make such a list in the future.

Swimmer Silverman voted April’s IPC Athlete of the Month
Paralympian wins after putting on a show at Spring CanAms.

Singapore’s Tan to help develop para-equestrian
Para-equestrian Laurentia Tan has joined the FEI’s Solidarity Ambassador programme to help others establish national structures to develop the sport.

Grosseto 2013 review: Caironi smashes 100m and 200m T42 world records
Switzerland's Marcel Hug and Great Britain's Hannah Cockcroft also impresed in scorching conditions at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix event in Italy.

Can Aussies continue success in Montreal pool?
After finishing second to China in swimming at London 2012, Australia are hoping for a large medal haul at the IPC Swimming World Championships.

ASEAN Para-Games to feature 12 sports
The ASEAN Para-Games will take place in Naypyitaw, Myanmar from 14-20 January 2014.