PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

O’Hanlon and Reardon set for Doha 2015
The two Australian world champions have been automatically selected to compete at October’s IPC Athletics World Championships.

Italy’s sledge hockey team are ‘at tactical forefront’
Coach Massimo Da Rin has confidence in his team’s ability to impress at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool from 26 April.

Maksim Sedakov: My top five dances and moves
From Paso Doble to breakdancing, Russia’s Europeans silver medallist is passionate about wheelchair dancing.

World No.1 Nikolenko named March’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
The Ukrainian para-table tennis star was in great form at the first major tournament of the year winning two gold medals.

Sithole aiming to do better at BNP Paribas Open de France
After losing in the semi-finals in both the singles and doubles in 2014, the South African wheelchair tennis ace is hoping for better this time round.

PyeongChang 2018 Ceremonies will use world's best directors
Experts have a vast experience of Ceremonies from a number of spectacular sporting events.

Schaffelhuber aims to compete in PyeongChang 2018
The five-time Paralympic champion sets her sight on the next Paralympic Winter Games.

Malaysia and Australia secure Asian qualification
The two nations progress to the women’s elite group of wheelchair tennis.
First Spanish IPC Athletics Education programme takes places in Ecuador
Supported by the Agitos Foundation, the course trained 30 officials

Developing defence key to Czech Republic success
Netminders Michal Vapenka and Jan Matousek will form the basis of a new approach at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool from 26 April.

Page talks Buffalo 2015 at Sabres game
Sochi 2014 gold medallist Adam Page helped to spread the word about the up-coming IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, New York, USA.

IPC announce 2015 Paralympic Scientific Award winner
Canadian Jennifer Mactavish will receive the award at October’s VISTA 2015 conference in recognition of her role in the successful re-inclusion of intellectually impaired athletes into the Paralympic Games.

Delegates gather for 2015 INAS General Assembly
This weekend’s event will take place in Sheffield, Great Britain.

KOICA signs MOU offering support for PyeongChang 2018
The Korea International Co-operation Agency will support the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games.

ITTF Oceania Para-Table Tennis Championships
Players from Australia, Fiji, New Caledonia, New Zealand and Samoa will compete in the event between 10-12 April

Liu hopes Beijing Grand Prix acts as catalyst to challenging Guilhermina
The Chinese Asian Para Games champion will be competing at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing and hopes to challenge her Brazilian rival later this year.

From Mexico to Toronto? Argentina’s lifters zone in
The Argentinian powerlifting team is training hard for the 2015 IPC Powerlifting Americas Open Championships, a key step towards the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

Dutch swimmers vie for Worlds selection
Olivier van der Voort and Lisette Teunissen are amongst those who set six world records at the Swim Cup Eindhoven in the Netherlands from 2-5 April.

Audi quattro Winter Games to host para-alpine skiers
New world champion Corey Peters and Paralympic gold medallist Adam hall are expected to compete on home snow in New Zealand.
ASICS is Tokyo 2020’s 10th Gold Partner
The corporation has joined in the category of “Sporting Goods" (Sports Apparel & Sports Equipment).