With the IPC Athletics World Championships scheduled to start Friday (today), Wikinews interviewed Spanish  athlete David Casinos at Madrid–Barajas Airport Monday before he departed for Lyon, France.
((Wikinews))   Hello I'm interviewing David Casinos, Spain's most famous track and field athlete in Paralympic sport, for Wikinews. So you're competing at the IPC World Championships are going to win a whole lot of medals? Which medals are you going to win?
((WN))   As somebody who's been competing a long time in track and field, how has stuff changed form when you first started out to now?
((WN))   Have there been more opportunities for sponsorship as your Paralympics profile has grown?
((WN))   Would you like to promote a few of them?
((WN))   In London one of the Australians said that it was time for athletics in the Paralympics to be able to become more professional and get shoe sponsorship. Do you know if any of the Spanish ones are covering shoe logos if they don't have sponsorship?  [Editor's note: here the translator asked a different question in Spanish, about whether shoe brands were helping athletes.] 
((WN))   Is this going to be an issue? I mean is Spain at the level where it can become an issue?
((WN))   Okay. So, you're a visual-impaired athlete, and do you run with a guide?
((WN))  How helpful are guides in terms of how much they potentially impact outcomes, do you think?
((WN))   Spain has a long history of blind sports, compared to other countries. Do you have an explanation as to why there are so many blind athletes?
((WN))  Is there anything you think an international audience should know about you or the Paralympic movement in Spain?
((WN))   Okay. ¡Muchas gracias!

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Wikinews interviews Spanish Paralympic track and field athlete David Casinos