PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Italy’s Zanardi receives SportAccord Sport Hero award
The London 2012 Paralympic gold medallist earns honour for his quick rise in the para-cycling scene

Lifters arrive in Mexico City for Americas Open Championships
The IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships, which begin on Sunday, will attract 120 athletes from 25 countries.
Buffalo welcomes world’s top eight sledge hockey teams
Here’s your complete guide to the upcoming IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool.

Elizabeth Broad: Fueling up for an endurance event
The author of ‘Sports Nutrition for Paralympic Athletes’ explains how to prepare your body ahead of a marathon race.

David Weir aims to maintain record over Marcel Hug at major Championships
The British Paralympic champion lines up at Sunday’s marathon World Championships knowing he’ll most probably have to beat the defending champion to land the world title.

Canada name roster for Buffalo 2015
Seventeen players will form the squad looking to retain their title at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships which get underway on Sunday (26 April).

Five facts about São Paulo
The IPC Athletics Grand Prix starts in São Paulo on Thursday, but here are five facts you might not know about the city.

London 2012 gold medallist Baker to ride new horse in para-equestrian meeting in Waregem, Belgium
Competition opportunity for riders to earn points toward Rio 2016

Buffalo 2015: Lipsett’s Group A picks
Buffalo 2015 commentator, retired ice sledge hockey player and triple Paralympian Taylor Lipsett, gives us his choice of athletes to look out for at the ice sledge hockey Worlds.

Brazilian swimming stars set to light up Sao Paulo
Seven 2013 Worlds medallists, including Brazil’s top names, to compete at the Open Caixa Loterias Swimming Championships from Thursday (23 April).

Buffalo 2015: Canada preview
The reigning champions are playing their cards close to their chest ahead of the ice sledge hockey Worlds, only revealing their roster on Wednesday (23 April).

Competition schedule for Mexico City 2015 published
All competitions will be shown live at Mexico-City-2015.com between 26-29 April.

Germany, Slovenia to host sitting volleyball European Championships
Event serves as qualifier for Rio 2016

Team USA welcomed to HARBORCENTER for Buffalo 2015
Josh Sweeney, Steve Cash and Adam Page receive a hero’s welcome at a press conference at the HARBORCENTER, the venue for the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships.

Sithole upsets Wagner in SA Open
The South African earns his first super series quad singles win in front of his home crowd

Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Around 340 athletes from 20 countries will be lining up in the fifth Grand Prix of 2015.
Buffalo 2015: USA preview
The USA enter the Worlds as the first team to secure back-to-back Paralympic titles and have secured recent wins over reigning champions Canada and Russia.

Kovalchuk edges to gold in thrilling conclusion to World Cup
A three-way battle between Denmark’s Johnny Andersen, Great Britain’s Tim Jeffrey and Ukraine’s Vasyl Kovalchuk concluded the 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup in Szczecin, Poland.

Norwegian sailors aim for back-to-back World Cup wins
Hyeres is the third installment of the 2014-2015 World Cup series

Hayes targets sub-12 second 100m in Sao Paulo
The South African visually impaired sprinter is hoping to run the perfect race at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix later this month.