Vista 2019 - News

Two women smiling at each other in a swimmig pool after a race

Swimming

Mereshko has Simmonds in her sights at Glasgow 2015

Ukrainian Yelyzaveta Mereshko is hoping to challenge the dominance of Great Britain’s multiple world and Paralympic champion at the swimming Worlds from 13 July.

Women runs on a blue track, looks focused

Athletics

Norman and Pruitt break distance world records in Indianapolis

Norman breaks 10-year-old women’s 800m T44 record by 10 seconds.

Powerlifting

New Japanese powerlifting referees qualified

Keen to get involved with para-sport ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, 16 new national referees received training and passed their exam.

WADA launches new video series

WADA Talks is a new interview series to feature sport and government leaders

Lithuania

IBSA Goalball European Championships lounge opened in Kaunas

The event which is a Rio 2016 Paralympic qualifier gets underway on 5 July in Lithuania.

Football 7-a-side

Russia retain Football 7 world crown

The defending champions beat Ukraine 1-0 in the final of the CP Football 7-a-side World Championships.

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.

Rio 2016

Five storylines for shooting Paralympic qualifiers

A number of great athletes are preparing themselves for three qualification World Cups, the first of which takes place in Osijek, Croatia, from 10 July.

Russia’s world, Paralympic and European long jump T38 champion Margarita Goncharova, gives an insight into her three heroes.

Athletics

#SuperheroSunday: Margarita Goncharova

After breaking the long jump T38 world record last week in Berlin, Germany, the T38 athlete shares with us her three heroes.

Taekwondo

Taekwondo classes to be held for Korean visually impaired students

Behind the support of the National Paralympic Committee of Korea, the class will help develop athletes and the sport.

Dmytro Solovey of Ukraine and Sharif Khalilov of Uzbekistan compete in the Men's 73kg Gold Medal Contest at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Judo

New judo world rankings published

The new rankings take into account performances at May’s IBSA World Games in Seoul, Korea.

Rio 2016

Road to Rio continues with Sao Paulo workshop

The Agitos Foundation is working with Rio 2016 and the Brazilian Paralympic Committee to ensure a meaningful legacy for para-sport in the Americas.

Snowboard

Giant slalom to attract more athletes to snowboard

Event to be added to the snowboard programme to give new athletes more opportunities to compete.

Botswana

Botswana showcases para-sport

National Paralympic Committee builds on momentum of Agitos Foundation’s Organisational Capacity Programme participation.

Football 7-a-side

Russia and Ukraine to face-off for world football title

The defending world champions Russia will go head-to-head with European title winner Ukraine in Sunday’s final of the Cerebral Palsy Football 7-a-side World Championships.