Tag: International Paralympic Committee
World’s Strongest Paralympian Among Nominees for IPC Best Male Athlete of September Award
Iran’s powerlifting star Siamand Rahman has been named among the nominees for the International Paralympic Committee's (IPC) Best Male Athlete of September award, following...
Gold Medalists at Russia’s Alternative Paralympic Games to be Awarded Over $60,000
Russian athletes who won gold medals at the country’s competition which was held after their ban from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games will be...
British Paralympic Star Dame Sarah Storey Among Four Elected to IPC Athletes’ Council
Britain's 14-time Paralympic gold medalist Dame Sarah Storey is one of four athletes to have been elected to the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’...
New Brazilian President Booed as he Opens Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Protesters jeered Brazil’s new President Michel Temer as he opened the Paralympic Games in one of his first official outings since taking office last...
Rio 2016 Officials Admit Only 12 Percent of Paralympic Games Tickets Sold
Only 12 percent of tickets have been sold for next month's Paralympic Games, Rio 2016 officials admitted this week, despite previously announcing a figure...
Russian Leader Condemns Paralympic Ban
The ruling of the International Paralympic Committee to bar Russian athletes from the Rio Paralympics is described as a “danger to global sports” by...
Refugees to Form Part of Independent Paralympic Athletes Team for Rio 2016
A small group of refugee and asylee Para athletes will compete as part of an Independent Paralympic Athletes (IPA) team at the Rio 2016...
World record-breaking Colombian swimmer named IPC Athlete of the Month
Colombian teenager Carlos Daniel Serrano Zárate has been named the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athlete of the Month for April after breaking his own...
IPC Releases Video To Celebrate Contribution Of Para-athletes Around the World
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has released a video called "All About Ability" to mark annual United Nations' International Day of Persons with Disabilities....
U.S. Athletes Create History on Penultimate Day of IPC World Athletics Championships
America's Tatyana McFadden wheeled her way into the record books on the penultimate day of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletics World Championships in...
