A host of Paralympic and world champions have been named on a 45-strong United States team for the upcoming Para-athletics season.
US Paralympics have announced the 48 athletes selected to compete on this year's national swimming team.
The United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Board of Directors has voted to increase "Operation Gold" awards for Paralympic athletes by as much as 400 per cent.
The Turnstone Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana, has been announced as an official Paralympic training site for United States athletes.
US Paralympics have announced that head coach Eileen Carey has been promoted to director of the county's Nordic skiing programme.
Snowboarder Mike Schultz has been selected as the flagbearer to represent the United States’ team at the Opening Ceremony of the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Paralympic Games.
The United States has confirmed a 74-strong team for next month's Pyeongchang 2018 Paralympics that contains 41 returning Paralympians who have won a combined total of 29 medals.
US Paralympics have announced Logan University as the high-performance management organisation for Para-powerlifting.
US Paralympics has selected five wheelchair curlers for the Pyeongchang 2018 Games.
US Paralympics has honoured 71 of its high school track and field athletes based on their performances in the 2017 season.
Eleven-time world champion Tatyana McFadden has been named in the United States team for the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships in London.
Los Angeles 2024’s proposed Olympic and Paralympic Village at the city's university had the opportunity to demonstrate its readiness to host world-class Para-athletes by staging the 2017 US Paralympics Track and Field National Championships.
A three-day national wheelchair curling camp for disabled veterans will take place in the United States thanks to US Paralympics funding.
U.S. Paralympics have named their largest-ever delegation for a Paralympic Games with 267 athletes due to represent the country in Rio de Janeiro next month.
The US Paralympics track and field team have new wheelchairs for Rio 2016, created using cutting-edge 3D scanning and printing technology.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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To co-ordinate the provision of sports science across the women's 1st team, WSLA squad and regional talent club programmes. Manage & lead the development of long-term load & athletic development planning - ensuring injury risk management & performance enhancement. Lead and co-ordinate the MDT support for longer-term injured players, including the management of detailed planning and tracking for such athletes. To liaise closely with national team's medical and performance departments to ensure players medical needs are met during international camps/tournaments.
The International Table Tennis Federation is preparing to move its global headquarters from the Olympic capital Lausanne to a new location - probably in Asia - to capitalise on the massive interest in the sport there and which has helped it reach an annual turnover of $20 million, 10 times more than it was making 10 years ago. Mike Rowbottom reports.
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