Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC President Andrew Parsons

Andrew Parsons looks to a 'busy 2022' with optimism

'Whoever you are in the world - if you are an athlete, if you are a National Paralympic Committee member, a fan, a representative of the media, or someone who is interested in including 1.2 billion persons with disabilities – my message is only, thank you'

Male wheelchair tennis player next to wall art

Plenty to cheer for Oceania athletes in 2020

Australian Para athletes made the most of the year outside the field of play, from Madison de Rozario’s Barbie doll to Ellie Cole and Ryley Batt starring in Netflix's 'Rising Phoenix'

Three men in wheelchairs and face masks in a podium in front of Buckingham Palace in London

Para athletics top 2020 moments

From a bio secure marathon bubble in the streets of London to world records around the world a lookback at the last 12 months

Maldives athlete

Newest IPC members defy COVID-19

Since being welcomed as IPC members at the 2019 General Assembly, NPCs of Kiribati, Paraguay, Maldives and Malta have taken various initiatives to develop Para sports