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Opportunities, Challenges in Paralympic Sport Science & Sport Medicine Support
20-23 September

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Tokyo 2020

This brings the total number of Tokyo 2020 domestic partners to 43, including 28 official partners, plus the five Worldwide Partners.

Members of the Paralympics New Zealand team and its commercial partners ACC, Cadbury and Sanford celebrate winning the ‘Commercial Partnerships Award’.
New Zealand

PNZ took top honours at Sport and Recreation Awards alongside Sophie Pascoe and Carole Hicks.

Alexis Hanquinquant - France - Para triathlon
Triathlon

The French Para triathlete finished fourth last year and is hoping for a medal in 2017.

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Biathlon

The successful World Para Nordic Skiing Championships took place in the German city from 10-19 February, with 135 athletes from 25 countries competing.

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Swimming

A team of researchers collected data from the Italian Para swimming team toward revising the sport’s classification system.

Jae Rim Yang of Korea
Alpine Skiing

South Korea’s visually impaired Alpine skier shared her excitement about competing in front of her friends and family at PyeongChang 2018.

Richard Whitehead of Great Britain
Athletics

With six weeks to go until London 2017, Great Britain’s Richard Whitehead was amongst the record breakers in Switzerland.

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A total of EUR 650,000 will be made available for Para sports development projects around the world for a fifth year in a row.

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Taekwondo

France’s Alain Akakpo was amongst the biggest movers following the Oceania Open, rising 19 places to No.13.

Paralympic happening event - Israel - 2017
Israel

The Paralympic happened event, which aims to promote Para sports across the country, took place in the Israeli city for a sixth time.

Sanne Voets (NED) reacts to confirmation that she has won her first paralympic gold medal.
Equestrian

The Netherlands’ Rio 2016 gold medallist Sanne Voets led the way on home soil, from 26-28 May.

Cycling Road at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.

Five Para athletes have been shortlisted for the Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for May 2017
America

The public has until 8 June to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

A Para ice hockey player celebrates a game win
Para Ice Hockey

The Italian will serve as the athlete voice on the sport’s STC.

Chuck Aoki
Athletics

The French capital staged a World Para Athletics Grand Prix for the first time this week.

A blade runner crossers the finish line ahead of her rivals.
Athletics

More than 200 of the world’s best athletes will be lining up in Switzerland.

Shooting - para trap
Shooting

Developments for Technical and Classification Rules, as well as 2018 competition calendar are now in the works.

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Wheelchair Basketball

Beijing to host Asia-Oceania wheelchair basketball qualifiers

Germany's Johannes Floors celebrates winning the men's 4x100m T42-47 final during Doha 2015.
Athletics

Germany’s Johannes Floors goes under 11 seconds for the first time at an international competition in the 100m T43.

France's Nantenin Keita celebrates victory in the women's 400m T13 final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Athletics

Nantenin Keita, Mandy Francois-Elie, Timothee Adolphe and Pierre Fairbank were amongst the winners in the French capital on Tuesday.