The Paralympic Games in 2016 will take place in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) from September 7 to September 18.

528 sets of paralympic medals in 22 sports will be awarded in Rio de Janeiro, which are 25 more than there were in London.

4350 sportsmen from 179 countries are expected to attend the games.

The official website of the organizing committee of the Paralympic Games 2016

From 15 to 17 June 2016, a meeting of participants of the WHO collaborative cross-national study “Health Behaviour in school-aged children” from 44 countries took place in Stockholm, Sweden. Russia was represented at the meeting by Anna Matochkina, Research Fellow, Division of Physical Rehabilitation and Health-Improving Technologies.

Malmo Lady Intercup took place in the Swedish city of Malmo from May 6 to May 8.

The IPC Swimming European Open Championships among people with spinal-cord injuries, impairment of sight and mental disorders was held in the Portuguese city of Funchal from April 30 to May 7.

The sledge-hockey European championship ended in the Swedish town of Ostersund.

212 sets of medals were awarded during the IPC World Athletics Championship in 2015.

Russian athletes won 69 medals, among which were 24 gold, 21 silver and 24 bronze medals, and became silver medalists in the unofficial team placing.

Chinese team won the greatest number of medals – 85 (41 gold, 26 silver and 18 bronze medals),

Russian team won 69 and the USA team got the third place – 39 medals (13 gold, 16 silver and 10 bronze medals).

The 7-th research-to-practice conference of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) ‘VISTA’ took place from October 7 to October 10 in Girona (Spain).