PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Captain Chiarotti’s work paying off for Buffalo 2015
Before the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships begin on Sunday (26 April), Andrea Chiarotti is confident about his players’ potential at the upcoming IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.

Schär bids to retain marathon world title in London
The Swiss racer knows that to retain her crown she will have to stop the USA’s Tatyana McFadden from winning her third successive Virgin Money London Marathon.

France pulls away for wheelchair rugby European Division B championship
Ireland takes silver, still has chance to qualify for Rio 2016
Mitsui Fudosan becomes latest Gold Partner for Tokyo 2020
Committee welcomes the company ‘Real Estate Development’ category
Buffalo 2015: Czech Republic preview
Still on the hunt for the first A-Pool medal, the Czech Republic have been in good form this season.
Amid global competition, USA shines at AAE Arizona Cup
Event helps athletes prepare for World Archery Para Championships
Stetsenko, Cochrane amongst world record breakers
Seven new world records for Australia and three for the USA’s Jessica Long also highlight the weekend’s action at the Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft in Berlin, Germany.

Chinese athletes smash 18-year-old world record in Beijing
On the final day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix, a quartet of Chinese athletes took 0.3 seconds off the 4x100m T11-13 world record.

Six things to know about the Czech Republic
As the team prepare for Buffalo 2015, Paralympic.org asked head coach Jiri Briza and defenceman David Motycka about their aspirations for PyeongChang 2018.

Ibragimov claims first win with new world record
Only in his second competitive season, Uzbekistan’s Server Ibragimov storms onto the international stage with victory at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.

Buffalo 2015: Japan team preview
After creating a huge upset on the international stage by beating Canada to progress to the final at Vancouver 2010, Japan are in Buffalo at the start of their road to PyeongChang 2018.

Usain Bolt runs as guide for blind Paralympic champion Guilhermina in Rio
Six-time Olympic champion from Jamaica trains with Brazil’s three-time Paralympic champion ahead of 'Mano a Mano' event.

#SuperheroSunday: Yohansson Nascimento
He will be competing in the IPC Athletics Grand Prix this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but today he tells us which people are his heroes.

Ten Asian records set on second day of Beijing Grand Prix
The records included Cuiqing Liu taking 0.15 seconds off the 10-year-old 200m T11 Asian record.

Smith takes win as two world records fall in Poland
Australia’s Natalie Smith saw off Slovakian world and European champion Veronika Vadovicova, and two finals world records were broken at the IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.

Buffalo 2015: Germany preview
Alongside Japan, Germany made it into the A-Pool following a gold medal winning performance from the 2013 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool.

New Zealand swimming stars heading to Glasgow 2015
Team of eight includes Sophie Pascoe who has been in incredible form this week, taking down two world records at the Swimming NZ Open Championships.

Dame Tessa Jowell to chair London 2017 inspiration programme
The former Olympics Minister will deliver the World Athletics Inspiration Programme covering both the IAAF and IPC Athletics World Championships.

Dutch name mix of youth and experience for Glasgow 2015
Seventeen swimmers, including five new athletes, will compete for the Netherlands at July’s 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Hu sets new long jump world record at Beijing Grand Prix
The 27-year-old added 31cm to the previous best set in 2012 by South African Dyan Buis