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PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Nigerian powerlifter suspended after Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Folashade Oluwafemiayo has been suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.
Uzbekistani powerlifter suspended after Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Ruza Kuzieva suspended for two years for an Anti-Doping Rule Violation.
Italian handcyclists, Spanish tandems rule roads
Italy’s Alex Zanardi and the Spanish pair of Ignacio Avila Rodriguez and Joan Font Bertoli are off to a quick start this season.
Greg Polychronidis: Anxious to stay at the top
When you’re at the top of your game, defending your title can be a cause for anxiety as Greece’s Greg Polychronidis explains on his way to the 2013 Boccia European Championships, starting on 17 June.
Brazil summons maximum strength for World Championships
35 athletes will travel to Lyon, France, starting out on their road to Rio 2016.
Van Rhijn now world’s fastest female leg amputee
Oliveira and Prince also break world records on glorious day for amputee sprinting
Alan Oliveira smashes 100m world record
The Brazilian ran a 10.77 in the 100m T44 sprint a an IPC Athletics Grand Prix event in Berlin, Germany.
Peacock, Fourie’s world records in jeopardy this weekend claims Browne
USA’s 100m T44 Paralympic silver medallist Richard Browne believes both sprint world records are in serious jeopardy at this weekend’s US Paralympics Track and Field National Championships
European Boccia Championships to begin in Portugal
Top names from Great Britain, Greece, Portugal and Spain will take part in the 2013 European Boccia Championships.
Tickets for IPC Swimming World Championships go on sale
Tickets start from CAD 11.50 with day family passes costing just CAD 45.
Potential venue for 2017 World Championships examined
IPC cross-country and biathlon Sport Technical Committee representatives visit Rogla, Slovenia as they consider a bid to host World Championships.
Vio voted IPC Athlete of the Month
After winning the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in her home country, Italy’s Beatrice Vio has big expectations.
South African team named for Lyon 2013
Team heading to France features experienced Paralympic and World Champions, leading the next generation of younger athletes on their Road to Rio 2016.
Bolt back with a bang in Oslo – IAAF Diamond League
Competing in the 200m, the final event on the programme, Bolt provided the only meeting record of the night, sending the capacity crowd home happy that they had witnessed a historic performance.
Tickets for biggest gathering of international para-swimmers since London 2012 go on sale
Tickets start from CAD 11.50 with day family passes costing just CAD 45
Popow to headline deep field in Berlin
Sprinters Heinrich Popow, Alan Fonteles Oliveira and Marlou van Rhijn will all take part in this week’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix event.
Heavyweights dominate Brazil’s nationals
Two national records were broke at the Circuito Loterias Caixa last Sunday (9 June).
IPC calls for VISTA2015 bids
All presentations from this year’s edition of the VISTA conference are now available online.
Wimbledon doubles entries confirmed
The third wheelchair tennis Grand Slam event of this year will take place from 5-7 July.
Billets pour les championnats du monde en vente
La compétition, qui aura lieu du 12 au 18 août au Parc Jean-Drapeau, attirera 650 des meilleurs nageurs au monde de 60 pays et, pour les athlètes, elle marquera le début de leur préparation pour les Jeux paralympiques de Rio 2016.