PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Maxime Montaggioni on snowboarding with a "spirit of fighting"
Beijing 2022 Paralympic champion Maxime Montaggioni shares his secret to success

Schroder wins fourth straight Australian Open title
Sam Schroder won his fourth straight quad singles title at the Australian Open

Indonesian athlete Hanik Puji Hastuti banned two years for anti-doping rule violation
Shooting Para sport athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance at the 2023 World Abilitysport Games in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand

Anna-Lena Forster completes hat-trick
Four-time Paralympic champion Anna-Lena Forster bagged three wins in Feldberg, which hosted a Para Alpine Skiing World Cup stage for the first time

IPC, IOC and Airbnb to launch Airbnb Athlete Travel Grant 2025 edition
The Athlete Travel Grant 2025 offers athletes the chance to apply for a USD 2,000 grant to book Airbnb stays around the world to support competition or training related trips

Sam Schroder targets fourth straight Australian Open quad singles title
Everything you need to know about the Australian Open Wheelchair Championships.

Ukraine's Roman Bondarenko accepts three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para swimmer returned adverse analytical findings for prohibited substances at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal to hear IPC cases appointed
Alan Darfi, the Senior Discipline Manager of the Football Association in England, was appointed as President of the Independent Anti-Doping Tribunal

EOIs for 2027 World Championships and U20 Worlds to close on 1 April
All prospective hosts have until 1 April 2025 to submit their Expression of Interest for the 2027 World Para Athletics Championships and the 2027 World Para Athletics U20 Championships

IPC’s digital channels enjoy record 2024
More than 1.6 billion video views across IPC digital channels in 2024, while number of internet searches breaks the one billion barrier for the first time