Vista 2019 - News

Wheelchair Basketball

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.

Shooting

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.

Three female swimmers, Sarai Gascon of Spain, Amy Marren of Great Britain and Ellen Keane of Ireland pose with their 100m butterfly S9 medals at the 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships

Swimming

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.

Swimming

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.

Great Britain

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.

Athletics

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.

Canoe

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.

Wheelchair Basketball

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.

Rio 2016

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.

Athletics

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.

Two women in wheelchairs on a tennis court hold a trophy and smile to the camera.

Wheelchair Tennis

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

Three wheelchair racers approaching the finish line on the track of a stadium

Athletics

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.