Just 3 out of 23 sports open to athletes with a learning disability – Mencap petition calls for more events to be opened up. 8% of medals (12 out of 147) won by Team GB at the Paralympics were won by athletes with a learning disability, despite them making up just 3% of the overall Team GB. This success adds ... Read More »
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and Ottobock have extended their worldwide partnership until the end of 2020. An international partner since 2005 and the longest serving partner to the Paralympic Games, Ottobock has provided technical services for equipment used by Paralympians since the Seoul 1988 Paralympic Games, where the company’s ‘Passion for Paralympics’ was born. Today Ottobock’s Sportsline provides the equipment for Para athletes ... Read More »
#FilltheSeats – Samsung to join the campaign to support Brazilian children attend the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games. Samsung has announced it is donating USD 50,000 to help more Brazilian youngsters attend the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games and to ensure the stands continue to be packed with fans throughout the Games which run from 7 to 18 of September. Samsung’s donation will support the global ... Read More »
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced that September’s Paralympic Games will take place as planned, despite major budget cuts, and will act as a catalyst to positive social change in Brazil and Latin America. According to the IPC, the Rio 2016 Organising Committee’s budget to deliver the Paralympic Games is not at the level they originally committed to. Despite ... Read More »
The British Paralympic Association has commented on the IPC’s statement. “The news about the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games is worrying given the obviously constrained budgets and significant reductions in service levels for venues, transport, provision for the media and other stakeholders. London 2012 proudly showed the world what was possible and we want Rio to be the next stage of ... Read More »
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended the Russian Paralympic Committee with immediate effect due to its inability to fulfil its IPC membership responsibilities and obligations, in particular its obligation to comply with the IPC Anti-Doping Code and the World Anti-Doping Code. After evaluating all of the evidence before it, and allowing the Russian Paralympic Committee to present its case ... Read More »
Five Para athletes have been shortlisted for the Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for June 2016, and the public are now invited to vote for their winner via www.paralympic.org. The nominations are: Gustavo Fernandez, ARG, wheelchair tennis The 22-year-old won his first Grand Slam singles title at Roland Garros, winning all of his matches in straight sets after beating ... Read More »
On Monday 11 January, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) announced its Ones to Watch athletes for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games in judo and swimming. The Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, which run from 7-18 September, will see up to 4,350 athletes from around 170 countries compete in 528 medal events across 22 different sports. In an effort to make it ... Read More »
The International Paralympic Committee is confident that all the venues due to host the Sochi Winter Paralympics will be fully accessible before the start of competition on 7 March. Read More »
British athletes and media were celebrated on Saturday at the International Paralympic Committee’s 2013 Paralympic Awards in Athens, Greece, which recognised the top achievements from the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Read More »
Disability sport will recover from the shock of Oscar Pistorius’s murder arrest, says International Paralympic Committee president Sir Philip Craven. Read More »
British Paralympian Jody Cundy has criticised a lack of track para-cycling events, likening his discipline to a “long lost brother”. There are no major international track para-cycling competitions scheduled for 2013 and the date of 2014’s world championships has yet to be confirmed. Read More »
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