PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Nottingham 2015 conference keynote speakers announced
Mike Brace and Emma Boggis will speak at the disability sport conference.

USA’s men’s wheelchair basketball team named
The team will compete at August’s Parapan American Games in Toronto, Canada.

Karn to set tone for Canadian judo team at Toronto 2015
The veteran judoka understands his performance could affect the rest of his squad as they vie for Rio 2016.

Portugal claims three golds at Boccia World Open
Portugal captured both pairs and an individual event, whilst top-ranked Great Britain struggled.
Records fall on final day of US Track and Field National Championships
One world, American and four Americas records highlight day three in Minnesota.
British para-rowing coxed four set world best time
The reigning world champions set a new world best time, twice, en-route to gold in the World Cup in Varese, Italy.

CP World Championships: Brazil, the Netherlands reach quarterfinals
Brazil rolled over the US to remain unbeaten, and the Netherlands finished top of Group D.

Rio 2016 mascots to star on Cartoon Network
The animated series will tell the story of Vinicius and Tom, mascots for the Paralympic Games.

IPC Athletics Media Advisory
Media accreditation for the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar, now open

Sweden adds 14 candidates to Rio 2016 list
Athletes expected to represent their country in the upcoming Paralympic Games.

Caironi and Shvetcov set new 200m world records
Caironi broke the 200m world record for the third time in three weeks, whilst Shvetcov broke a seven year old mark.

#SuperheroSunday: Leo Pekka Tahti
The Flying Finn recently got married but took time out from preparations to tell us about his three heroes.

Provincial Supreme Council meets with NPC Iran
Officials discuss about more support for people with disabilities.

Mitchell, Townsend set world marks at US Paralympics track and field nationals
Mitchell sets her second world record in two days, whilst Townsend breaks the high jump world mark.

Two new world records for Russia on day two in Berlin
Russian long jumpers Margarita Goncharova and Evgenii Torsunov rewrite history books at IPC Athletics Grand Prix.
Russia, Ukraine maintain unbeaten records at World Championships
Russia, Ukraine, England and Republic of Ireland booked their quarter final places on Saturday after the final fixtures in Groups A and B.

Sviridov breaks shot put world record in Berlin
The Russian threw 15.21m on the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix to improve on his own world record.

Para-sport explained: What happens during a doping control test?
For many elite athletes, taking a doping control test is a given. But most of the time, the timing is not the best.

Larger calendar high on the agenda for alpine skiing
Markus Walser, Chairperson of the IPC Alpine Skiing and Snowboard Sport Technical Committee, believes changes implemented this year will allow for healthy progress.

US athletes win track and field national titles on first day of championships
Cassie Mitchell breaks Becky Richter of Canada’s 200m T51 world record which has stood since last month.