PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Suhl 2014: Nine shooters to watch with 50 days to go
A selection of reigning Paralympic, world and regional champions as well as up-and-coming athletes to follow at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.

Assegnati a Grosseto gli Europei di atletica paralimpica del 2016
La città di Grosseto ospiterà i Campionati Europei di atletica paralimpica del 2016, anno delle Paralimpiadi di Rio.

Grosseto revealed as hosts of 2016 athletics Euros
2016 IPC Athletics European Championships will take place in Grosseto, Italy, less than three months before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

British team announced for wheelchair basketball Worlds
Four players will make their senior debuts at July's World Championships in Korea for Great Britain.

Stuart Lieberman: Top 10 Paralympians to interview
The IPC’s Editorial Co-ordinator outlines some of the most insightful, funny and enlightening Paralympians in the world to interview.

Buffalo, USA to host 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey Worlds
Buffalo, New York, will host the eighth edition of the competition following the huge success of the sport at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

New Zealand’s Foy and Fairweather paired for success
New Zealand’s high-performance para-cycling programme is launching new medallists every year.

Suhl 2014 Shooting World Championships need you
Organisers of the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships taking place in Suhl, Germany, are seeking people with language skills to volunteer for the biggest shooting para-sport competition in 2014.
Athletes gear up for Grosseto Grand Prix
The sixth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season will see 341 athletes from 32 countries gather in Italy.

Dutch aim to crack world’s elite on football 7-a-side pitch
The Netherlands, Brazil and Ukraine will compete this weekend at the International CP Tournament in Groesbeek.

Janet McLachlan: A week in the life of World Championship training
The Canadian wheelchair basketball player gives fans a quick glance at her schedule in the lead-up to this summer’s big event.
Rusch aims to retain European titles in Swansea
So determined is Dutch wheelchair racer Stefan Rusch to retain his sprint titles that he is putting his 21st birthday celebrations on hold this Saturday (31 May) to compete in the Dutch National Championships.

Why I did not attempt 300kg in Dubai
The reigning World Champion reveals it was intervention by his coaches which prevented him from going further at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, but that he will go for 300kg at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.

Austria, Hungary, Russia rack up para-canoe World Cup titles
Find out which athletes are on top form heading into the summer’s World Championships.

Shooting World Cup in Thailand not sanctioned
IPC Shooting will not endorse the World Cup in Bangkok.

Schulz slips past Bourseaux for para-triathlon title
More than 60 athletes from 17 countries raced across five classes in Besancon, France.

Agitos Foundation grant helps Inas build athlete pool in Africa
A workshop in Cameroon was held to explore how to increase the number of athletes from Africa in Paralympic sport with an intellectual impairment.

Great Britain take two of three regatta titles
The Brits powered to titles in the 2.4mR and SKUD 18 events at the Delta Loyd Regatta for sailing.

Young Chinese swimmers on the winning pace
Three of China’s best swimmers Qing Xu, Tao Zheng and Yang Yang speak about why the country is such a force in swimming ahead of the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games.

France to welcome 60 para-triathletes
The next ITU World Para-Triathlon event will take place on Sunday (26 May) ahead of this summer’s European and World Championships.