PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

World Series 2025: Kimura, Suzuki and Tamaguchi headline inaugural meet in Fuji
The three-day inaugural World Series in Fuji-Shizuoka will be competed by 248 athletes from 22 nations with Singapore's Paralympic great Yip Pin Xiu, Mexico's Diego Lopez Diaz and Arnulfo Castorena among the stars in the line-up

Canadian skiers set to push next level at Milano Cortina 2026: McKeever
Sixteen-time Paralympic champion Brian McKeever has high hopes for rapid racing and technically challenging Para cross-country skiing and biathlon at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games

WPPO and Eleiko extend Global Partnership
Long-standing partner Eleiko will continue supporting all WPPO Recognised Competitions as an Approved Supplier Tier 1, with exclusive equipment rights at all World Para Powerlifting Championships through the end of 2028

Dolny Kubin gets ready for 2025 Women’s World Championships
Local Organising Committee meets to review planning and operational framework of the inaugural championships in Slovakia, followed by a site visit to the official competition venue Dolny Kubin Ice Stadium

Ellie Cole pens the book she wishes she had growing up
Australian Paralympic legend Ellie Cole has penned a children’s book that explores disabilities in the playground and encourages respectful curiosity

Special Paralympic exhibition opens at Estonia's Tallinn Airport
The Estonian Paralympic Committee and the Estonian Sports and Olympic Museum have opened a year-long exhibition about the Paralympic Movement in the country

Global broadcast coverage of Paris 2024 Paralympics sets new benchmarks
12,941 hours of coverage broadcast globally from the Paralympic Games, the most ever

IPC President calls for improved accessibility
Speaking at the Global Disability Summit in Berlin, IPC President Andrew Parsons described Para sport as a catalyst to a more inclusive world

IPC Governing Board to meet in Madrid
The Board meeting will be the first major IPC event in Spain since the IPC Membership Gathering in 2018

Russian Sochi 2014 Paralympian found to have committed an anti-doping rule violation
Independent Tribunal upholds violation arising from sample swapping during the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games as part of the state-sponsored doping scheme that existed in Russia at that time