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PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
NPC Belgium appoint Rio 2016 selection committee
Retired Paralympic and Olympic athletes incuded on selection panel.
Teams prepare for knockout stages in Incheon
The quater finalists will go head-to-head on Saturday in the IWBF men's World Wheelchair Basketball Championship
National Paralympic Day extends across Great Britain
Saturday 30 August will mark National Paralympic Day in Great Britain with many great events planned.
IPC releases new Classification Code for consultation
International Paralympic Committee (IPC) invites feedback on the first draft of a new Classification Code, due for publication in 2017.
Three unbeaten at 2014 World Wheelchair Basketball champs
Reigning Champions Australia, Great Britain and Spain all maintain their unbeaten records as the second group phase reaches its penultimate stage.
Skelhon aims for two world titles in Suhl
The only thing missing from Great Britain’s Matt Skelhon’s trophy cabinet is a world title and he heads to the 2014 IPC Shooting Worlds targeting not one but two gold medals.
Ireland announce team of five for swimming Euros
Paralympians and newcomers make up Irish swimmers hopeful of podium finishes at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, from 4-10 August.
USA name team for 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Champs
Paralympic gold medallists Jessica Long and Brad Synder will compete in the largest team the USA has sent to a major international event.
Channel 4 continues para-sport commitment in summer 2014
Channel 4 is set to broadcast a host of major para-sport events this summer - following the broadcaster’s unparalleled coverage of Sochi 2014, the biggest ever UK TV commitment to a Paralympic Winter Games, and two years on from its ground-breaking, BAFTA winning coverage of the 2012 Paralympic Games.
French team named for Swansea 2014
France have named a squad of 20 athletes and three guides for August’s IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea, Great Britain, and it includes a number of world and Paralympic champions.
2014 European para-canoe Championships to break records.
A record number of athletes are competing from over 20 European countries at the 2014 European para-canoe Championships in Brandenburg, Germany.
USA defeated, as three still unbeaten at worlds
Italy inflicted a first defeat on the USA, as Spain, Great Britain and Australia maintain their unbeaten records at the 2014 World Wheelchair Basketball Championships.
Update on Rio 2016 medals programme for para-triathlon and para-canoe
The International Triathlon Union (ITU), in conjunction with the International Paralympic Committee (IPC), has announced three of the six medal events that will be contested in para-triathlon’s debut at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Adam Bleakley named Paralympic Coach of the Year
Bleakley, the coach of the USA’s track and field squad, earned the accolade for helping the USA to 13 medals at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.
Wimbledon wheelchair tennis doubles titles decided
Defending champions claim the men’s title whilst Whiley and Kamiji win their third women’s Grand Slam title of 2014
Toni Piispanen sits up to target 400m gold in Swansea
Finnish wheelchair racer Toni Piispanen will enter August’s IPC Athletics European Championships as the Paralympic champion and world-record holder in the 100m T51 sprint, but has arguably made as many adjustments to his training this season as any other racer on the track.
Bid Cities Shortlisted for 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
The 2022 Paralympic Winter Games will be held in either Beijing, Almaty or Oslo following Monday’s (7 July) IOC Executive Board decision
Brazil and the USA crowned goalball world champions
Brazil’s men and the USA’s women were crowned champions, as four more teams qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Sochi 2014 Paralympics watched by over two billion viewers
IPC President praises Sochi’s record breaking success and legacy at the start of two day debrief into the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games
Watch Eindhoven 2014 Swimming Euros live from 4 August
Celebrating one month to go until the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships, details of the live stream from 4-10 August have been released and a new website look revealed.