WHEELCHAIR FENCING NEWS

Nominees for the award include: Jing Rong, Nadiia and Ivan Sivak, Alena Kaufman, Andrea Rothfuss and Mokrane Mohamed.

Asian Para Games to be held from 18-24 October and feature 23 sports.

The IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong proved to be yet another event where the Chinese team dominated.

The Chinese team head to the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in Hong Kong (18-22 December) looking to continue their dominance, but the home nation will not be making it easy.

The Chinese team's meticulous approach to training came in handy when it mattered most – at the 2013 IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships.

The nominees for this Paralympic Sport Award category include: Yunidis Castillo, Terezhina Guilhermina, Zarah Nemati, Esther Vergeer and Yu Chui Yee.

The rivalry between Hong Kong’s Yu Chui Yee and Hungary’s Zszusanna Krajnyak is intensifying heading into the final Grand Prix.

Hong Kong’s seven-time wheelchair fencing Paralympic gold medallist makes her IPC blog debut, explaining how she got involved in the sport.

Estonia, Libya and Haiti will join IWAS, while wheelchair fencer Radoslaw Stanczuk received one of the organisation’s most prestigious awards.

IPC Athlete of the Month nominees include: Yijun Chen, Sophie Christiansen, Carol-Eduard Novak, Maddison Elliott, Erik Horrie, Sophie Pascoe and Olga Sviderska.

One year on from her appearance as a Torchbearer at London 2012, Beatrice Vio is wheelchair fencing’s up-and-coming star.

Yijun Chen and Jing Bian shined for China in Budapest, with the top delegation also faring will in the team events.

The French wheelchair fencer will look to win his first world title this week in Budapest, Hungary.

More than 160 athletes from 27 countries will take to the piste in foil, sabre and epee events starting on Wednesday (7 August).

Here are 10 major storylines to capture your attention on the piste at this week’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships.

With six World and four regional Championships, and major winter sport events, August will be a busy month for para-sport.

Take a look at the six Ones to Watch wheelchair fencers with just three weeks to go until the sport’s World Championships.

• Games to feature 526 medal events across 22 sports• Women and athletes with high support needs main beneficiaries of additional events

The Ukrainian wheelchair fencer will look to light up the foil and sabre events at this week’s IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup.

After winning the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing Grand Prix in her home country, Italy’s Beatrice Vio has big expectations.