Vista 2019 - News

Man on a track holding a handbike above his head and smiling

London 2012

No. 19: Alex Zanardi creates image of the Games

On 5 September 2012, 21 years after he last raced there in Formula 3000, a laughing Alex Zanardi hoisted his handcycle aloft at Brands Hatch and punched the air after winning double gold at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

A woman in a wheelchair hits a tennis ball as a backhand.

Wheelchair Tennis

Wheelchair tennis players prepare for US Open Grand Slam

Japanese world number ones will be aiming for title success at Flushing Meadows

Richard Browne of the United States looks on after the Men's 100m T44 heats on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Athletics

Browne aiming for world record at Memorial Van Damme

Two races – the men’s 200m T44 and women’s 400m T34-54 – will take place at the final Diamond League meeting of the year.

Table Tennis

Weikert becomes new ITTF President

German Thomas Weirkert succeeds Canadian Adham Sharara who has taken up his new role as ITTF President

A player wearing blue seated in a wheelchair with a white ball on his lap about to collide with an opponent wearing white.

Wheelchair Rugby

Brazil wins wheelchair rugby qualification tournament for Toronto 2015

Brazil, Argentina, Colombia and Chile all qualify for next year’s Parapan American Games

Table Tennis

Lin Ma battles injury to fight for third world title

The Chinese class 9 player has had a tough season, but hopes to make a comeback at the 2014 ITTF Para-Table Tennis World Championships in Beijing.

Athletics

Ten things we learned from the 2014 para-athletics season

The 2014 para-athletics season is slowly drawing to a close, so here is recap of 10 things we learned this year.

Six men celebrating on a volleyball field.

Sitting Volleyball

No. 20: Rwanda sitting volleyball team make it to London 2012

The Paralympic Movement is filled with inspirational and compelling stories of triumph over adversity, but there are few stories as awe-inspiring as the Rwandan sitting volleyball team’s formation and qualification for London 2012.

Wheelchair Rugby

Vote now for Allianz Athlete of the Month, Best Male

After a bumper month of sport in August, the nominations will be split into three categories beginning with Best Male.

Two women in wheelchairs with tennis rackets during a match

London 2012

Tickets to NEC Wheelchair Tennis Masters now on-sale

November’s event will feature 20 of the world’s best wheelchair tennis players.

No. 22: First Classification Code published

It was not until 2007 that the first universal code regarding classification was published for the benefit of the Paralympic Movement.

Classification experts from all across the Paralympic Movement met in Bonn, Germany between 18-23 August 2014.

Classification Committee meet to discuss 2017 Code

Meetings took place across six days to review version one of the IPC Classification Code.

Margareta Israelsson Chair of Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee

Sweden

SHIF /SPK elect Margareta Israelsson as new chairman

Israelsson elected chair of the Swedish Organisation for the Disabled and Swedish Paralympic Committee at an extraordinary meeting

Cycling

USA and Great Britain’s women dominate UCI Worlds

Of the six women’s world titles up for grabs on Sunday US and British women won five of them.

Athens 2004

No. 21: Zorn's 55th and final medal

When US swimmer Trischa Zorn won her 55th and final Paralympic medal at the Athens 2004 Games, she cemented her place in the record books as the most decorated Paralympian in history.