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![Image of a female Para shooter after winning gold, looking at the German national flag on the podium](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Podium-Flickr.jpg)
Natascha Hiltrop welcomes world’s best to her local range at Munich World Cup
Built for the Munich 1972 Olympic Games, venue will see 205 athletes competing during the six action-packed days
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‘Once they saw us everybody stood still’: Para cycling making waves in Namibia
With 10 bikes, a motivated squad and a first race completed, Namibian Para cycling is hitting the roads hard
![A woman about to make a throw in a seated shot put competition.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Elie%20Enock%20shot%20put%20Dubai%202019.jpg)
From small theatre stage to global sports arena: Enock is making history for Vanuatu
Disability advocate Elie Enock will compete in Para athletics and Para powerlifting at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games
![Brazil's Caroline Fernandes Alves celebrates her win at St. Louis 2022.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Caroline%20Fernandez.jpg)
Brazil, Colombia sign off on top at St. Louis 2022
D’Andrea, Medeiros shine for the Brazilian with record-breaking shows, Torres and Fernandez lead Colombian to gold in Team events
![Shingo Kunieda of Japan celebrates winning match point against Great Britain’s Alfie Hewett in the Wimbledon 2022 men's singles final in London.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/GettyImages-1407925155.jpg)
Shingo Kunieda seals career Golden Slam after advice from Roger Federer
De Groot takes seventh consecutive Grand Slam women’s singles title while Schroder claims third quad singles trophy at Wimbledon 2022
![Amalia Perez reacts after a lift.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Amalia%20Perez_hiroki_nishioka%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg)
Evergreen Perez stamps dominance at St. Louis
Mexican legend triumphs with best lift of 132kg; Brazil, Chile dominate first two days of competition while Panama bag first international medal
![Photo of Japanese male Prime Minister speaking on podium](/sites/default/files/2022-07/japan-prime-minister-shinzo-abe.jpg)
IPC shocked and saddened by the death of Shinzo Abe
“Abe was a wonderful friend and keen supporter of the Paralympic Movement, his work leaves an important legacy of social inclusion," IPC President Andrew Parsons said in a statement.
![One woman and two men try out wheelchair basketball surrounded by spectators.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Olympic%20Day%20Paris%202024%20wheelchair%20basketball2.jpg)
Paris 2024 reveals session-by-session competition schedule
The Paris 2024 schedule will have athletes winning medals from Day 1 and two busy weekends packed with a variety of sports
Matchups decided as 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship draw is held in Denmark
Hosts Denmark choose the less known, Pool B opponents
![A woman smiling and raising her arm in a wheelchair chair being pushed by a man](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Amalia%20Tokyo.jpg)
Perez headlines strong field at St. Louis 2022
Paralympic and Worlds medallists gather in USA at first Parapan Am Open Championships in four years with 152 athletes from 27 nations in action
![A friend guides a blind girl, both in basketball uniforms, across a basketball court in a packed stadium.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Jules%20Hoogland1.jpeg)
Star of viral basketball video delighted to help change perceptions with amazing shot
Blind schoolgirl Jules Hoogland thrills online millions by coolly slotting a free throw
![Japanese male wheelchair tennis player does backhand return](/sites/default/files/2021-07/shingo-kunieda-wimbledon.jpg)
Kunieda targets career's first calendar Grand Slam as Wimbledon tournament begins
Twenty-four players set to compete on Wimbledon's grass courts when the wheelchair tennis tournament begins on 7 July
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Seven Paralympians honoured with invite to Wimbledon’s Royal Box
Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 champions were among the distinguished guests at Wimbledon 2022
![Image of a male Para swimmer in the podium with his gold medal and his flowers](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Tokyo%202020-Buda%20Mendes_Getty%20Images.jpg)
Mexico to host World Series for first time
Series will travel to Latin America in October this year with Tijuana receiving the final stop of the 2022 season
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Paralympic podcast "A Winning Mindset" wins at Digiday Media Awards Europe
This is the fourth international award for the Podcast, which recently wrapped up its second season
![Image of a female Para Athletics athlete happy after her competition](/sites/default/files/2022-07/mmBayer_010722_0667.jpg)
Fleur Jong settles historic mark in Leverkusen
Dutch athlete becomes the first woman with prosthetic legs to run the 100m in less than 12.50 during meeting in Germany
![A woman who is missing her left forearm runs towards a teammate in celebration.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Carson%20Pickett%20USWNT.jpg)
Pickett on USWNT cap: “I feel blessed to represent for all limb difference people”
The 28-year-old defender became the first player with a limb difference to play on the US Women’s National Team when she laced up against Colombia this week
![A short stature man competing in shot put](/sites/default/files/2022-07/20200821_Mika_022.jpg)
World's best return to Leverkusen
Germany club welcomes 99 athletes from 10 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe at the 2022 Para Leichtathletik Heimspiel
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IPC Board Member among four Paralympic inductees of USOPC's new Hall of Fame class
Muffy Davis, Trischa Zorn-Hudson, David Kiley and the 2002 Paralympic ice hockey team were inducted into the USOPC Hall of Fame in June 2022
Tunis 2022 Grand Prix sees renewed rivalries and French clean sweep
Local Paralympic star Raoua Tlili beats Morocco’s Youssra Karim for gold as Yasser Musanganya leads triple podium for World Championships hosts