PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ducharme to coach Canadian women’s wheelchair basketball
Marc Antoine Ducharme guide the team toward qualification for the 2018 Worlds.

MEDIA ADVISORY: Ceremony to launch Barcelona 1992 25th anniversary logo
The event will take place in the Barcelona City Hall on Friday (19 May) at 11:00 CEST, with the IPC Governing Board in attendance.

Shooter Dahl enjoying the ride, ready for more
US rifle shooting star and Paralympic bronze medallist McKenna Dahl wants to top the podium at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.

MEDIA ADVISORY: The IPC to provide an update on the Russian Paralympic Committee’s suspension
The RPC was suspended by the IPC on 7 August 2016.

Rome to host wheelchair fencing Worlds 2017
The World Championships will be held from 6-12 November.
Countries invited to sign up for Asian Championships
The football-5 event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9-18 December.

Robinson Mendez retires from wheelchair tennis
Chile’s four-time Paralympian will now devote himself entirely to Para canoe, hoping to qualify for Tokyo 2020.

Para Ice Hockey Sport Forum held in Frankfurt
Nineteen representatives from 13 countries attended the event, which covered topics such as classification, equipment and competition structure.

Best of British: Aled Davies
Training alongside Olympic champions in the USA helped the reigning Paralympic shot put F42 champion recover his hunger for victory.

Para athletics explained - Seated throws
Great Britain’s Paralympic, world and European champion Jo Butterfield explains what seated throwing involves.

Rio 2016 champions continue form in Gavirate
Para rowers especially tested the new 2,000m distance format.

Shooting Para Sport World Cup in Croatia announced
Shooters will gather in Osijek in September for a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Championships.

Double gold lifts Dimitri Coutya to No. 1
Hungary’s Richard Osvath also claimed two wins at the World Cup in Stadskanaal.

British, US Para triathletes top Yokohama podium
Both nations took home three gold medals apiece at the World Para Triathlon Series.

Philipp, Zeibig take home wins in Mannheim
The German riders each went three-for-three at the Para equestrian competition.

First ever PTT World Team Champs set
Many of the top teams will meet each other again since battling at Rio 2016.
Italian, Dutch cyclists dominate first World Cup
The Netherlands and hosts Italy achieved seven wins each at the inaugural 2017 UCI Para cycling Road World Cup in Maniago, between 12-14 May.

Sochi 2014 Nordic skiing champion Helene Ripa retires
The Swedish is hanging up the skis to fully devote herself to Para canoe.
Rodrigues wins first ITF 2 European title
Brazil’s world No.27 claimed the 2017 Internazionali d’Italia title in Rome following a 6-4, 6-0 win over Austria’s Nico Langmann in the final.

London Calling: Tunisia’s Raoua Tlili
The 27-year-old looks to extend her dominance in the women’s shot put F41 at London 2017.