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Zhang Haidi hails tech’s role in disability care

6 September 2024

By Wang Yanfang Intro: Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, highlighted the transformative power of technology for people with disabilities at the International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering and Assistive Technology in Shanghai last...

Zhang Haidi attends the First Global Disability Summit, makes a keynote speech

7 August 2018 | Newsletters, Press Releases, Recent Reports

Zhang Haidi, president of Rehabilitation International, attended the first Global Disability Summit and made a keynote speech on July 24, 2018, in London, UK. She noted that since she took over as president, with the support from the Chinese government,...

Wimbledon 2018: Thrilling matches in quarter finals

24 July 2018 | All news

Rematches of the three Grand Slam finals from the last 12 months will highlight the first day ofwheelchair tennis competition at Wimbledon on Thursday (12 July). One year on from winning her first career Grand Slam women’s singles title on the world-famous grass...

Prince George 2019: Qualification criteria announced

24 July 2018 | Recent Reports

Taras Rad won three silvers at this year's World Championships in Finsterau. © • Ivo Gonzalez - Pocog World Para Nordic Skiing (WPNS) has announced the qualification criteria for athletes to compete at the Prince George 2019 World Para Nordic Skiing...

William Groulx takes three golds at Road World Cup

24 July 2018 | Recent Reports

Two-time Paralympic champion William Groulx gave USA several reasons to celebrate as he took individual gold in both the men’s time trial and road race H2 at the year’s second UCI Para CyclingRoad World Cup held in the Dutch municipality of Emmen between 6 and 8 July....

Reda and Karpinski on positive path toward Europeans

24 July 2018 | Recent Reports

The memory of winning gold at the Polish Open is one that home favourites Joanna Reda and Pawel Karpinski will hope to repeat when they return to the same dance floor for November’s European Championships. The Polish power couple have been dancing together for 13...

Gloria Agblemagnon targets hat-trick of golds

24 July 2018 | Recent Reports

Two years since she made her Paralympic debut aged only 18 at Rio 2016, France’s Gloria Agblemagnon is ready to go again. Fresh out of a gruelling training session where she is preparing for the 2018 International Federation for Athletes with Intellectual Impairments...

Camila Haase lights cauldron at Costa Rica National Games

24 July 2018 | Recent Reports

One of Costa Rica’s biggest sporting events has featured a Para athlete in the Opening Ceremony for the first time. The country’s only female Paralympian, Camila Haase, lit the competition cauldron for Costa Rica’s National Sport Games, on 30 June. “This is an honour...

Paralympic champions back on piste in Warsaw

24 July 2018 | Recent Reports

After a four month break from competition, Italy’s Bebe Vio is one of many Paralympic champions set to compete at the International Wheelchair Amputee and Sports Federation (IWAS) Wheelchair FencingWorld Cup set for Thursday (5 July) in Warsaw, Poland. The season’s...

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