Para sport & Paralympic News
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IPC launches NPC Namibia website
06.02.2013
Just six months since winning their first Paralympic gold, a new website has been launched for the National Paralympic Committee of Namibia.
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Rio 2016 begins mascot creation process
29.01.2013
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee held a briefing with 15 potential companies who could design their Games mascots.
- “We must build on the Paralympic Movement’s most successful year,” says IPC President 01.01.2013 In New Year's message to members Sir Philip Craven relfects on 2012 and looks ahead to 2013
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UK Sport announces record investment in elite Paralympic sport
18.12.2012
Ahead of Rio 2016, £70.2 million will be invested in elite Paralympic sport, an overall increase of 43 per cent
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IPC conducts Project Review with Rio 2016
25.11.2012
Following the conclusion of the London 2012 debrief this week, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) staged a Project Review on Friday (23 November) with the Rio 2016 Organising Committee.The...
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Success of London 2012 underlines the potential for Rio 2016
22.11.2012
IPC reveals record international TV audiences for London 2012 and challenges Rio to build on the success
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IPC President challenges Rio 2016 to surpass London 2012
21.11.2012
London 2012 debrief opens in Rio with IPC President laying down the gauntlet to the 2016 host city
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London 2012 debrief to begin in Rio
20.11.2012
The London 2012 organising committee will transfer their Games knowledge to the staff of Rio 2016 this week.
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Rio 2016 announces mascot contest
12.11.2012
The Rio 2016 Organising Committee is calling upon Brazilian professionals and companies to submit proposals for the 2016 Paralympic Games mascot.
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Stilwell ready to roll on to Rio 2016
11.10.2012
Canadian Paralympic champion wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell has noted she will be back for Rio 2016 at age 42.
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Paralympians return to Brazil ready for Rio 2016
20.09.2012
Brazil’s Paralympic delegation arrived home from the London 2012 Games eager to start working toward Rio 2016.
- IOC and IPC Sign Co-operation Agreement Until 2020 25.07.2012 The newly signed agreement ensures the Paralympic Games will be held in the same city ast the Olympics through 2020.
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NPC of Papua New Guinea Given Funding Boost
05.06.2012
With less than 100 days to go until London 2012, the Papua New Guinea Paralympic Committee (PNGPC) has been given a timely boost thanks to financial support from its Government through the National...
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Record Number of Female Athletics Events Proposed for Rio 2016
30.05.2012
IPC Athletics, the international governing body of para-athletics, has published its first draft of the medal event programme for the Rio 2016 Paralympics more than 1,550 days before the start of the...
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Nuzman Receives Personality of the Year Award
30.05.2012
The President of the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Organizing Committee, Carlos Arthur Nuzman, has received the Personality of the Year Award from the Brazilian Chamber of Commerce and the...
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Brazilian Paralympic Committee Attends Reatech
12.04.2012
The Brazilian Paralympic Committee (CPB) will attend the 11th edition of the International Fair of Technologies in Rehabilitation, Inclusion and Accessibility, Reatech at the Immigrants Convention...
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Rio 2016 Excellence Programme Workshops Begin
05.04.2012
The IPC Academy ran the first two of many workshops to come in Brazil to ensure a successful Paralympic Games are delivered in Rio.
- Viva! London 2012 Festival to Showcase the very best of Contemporary Brazilian Culture 26.03.2012 The Brazilian programme as part of the London 2012 Festival, the culmination of the Cultural Olympiad of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games, has been announced in Rio de Janeiro.The...
- Contingent of Paralympians Nominated for Laureus World Sports Awards 15.12.2011 Daniel Dias, Terezinha Guilhermina, Oscar Pistorious, Esther Vergeer, David Weir and Irek Zaripov all nominated for top award which will be presented in February.
- Rio 2016 Paralympic Games Emblem Unveiled to the World 28.11.2011 Emblem launch coincides with Christmas tree lighting in heart of the city.
