Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

POCOG Official Account in Weibo

PyeongChang 2018 adds a major boost to its online promotion of the Olympic, Paralympic Games.

Italian woman celebrates on a horse

The para-equestrian event is one of the last three-star competitions this season.

Photography Yu Chui Yee

The Hong Kong wheelchair fencer hopes a short break will help regain her winning form.

View on a stadium

The biggest ever para-sport event to be held in the Middle East will attract around 1,300 athletes from over 90 countries.

Claudia Loesch of Austria

Austria’s Loesch is using this alpine skiing season to adjust with new equipment, while Germany’s Schaffelhuber is focusing on school.

Richard Browne facing Alan Oliveira in Doha

As the IPC Athletics World Championships open in Doha, Qatar, our panel of journalists and coaches try predict the outcome of the one of the flagship events.

Masazumi Soejima at a press conference

The Japanese veteran also serves as race director for the Tokyo Marathon’s wheelchair division.

National Paralympic Committee Germany logo

Fans will get to watch Team Germany compete live at the IPC Athletics World Championships, which begin 21 October.

Two men on rollerblades on a bicycle way

Supported by the Agitos Foundation, a programme to identify new skiers is being rolled out across Brazil.

Two people shaking hands.

Thousands nationwide took part in the eighth edition of the event.

An Australian swimmer celebrates winning a gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games.

Nine-time Australian Paralympic champion Priya Cooper will enter the Sport Australia Hall of Fame at a glittering ceremony.

Brenna Huckaby of USA competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships.

Sixteen Paralympic champions and World Championship medallists have been listed as Ones to Watch for the upcoming snowboard season.

Man in red jersey with silver helmet and a Swiss flag smiling to the camera

Defending world champion Marcel Hug leads the field.

My Incredible Story by Ghanim al Muftah (English)

Thirteen-year-old Ghanim al Muftah tells his story of hope, determination and giving.

Two men, one standing, one in a wheelchair playing badminton

King Felipe VI visited a paraplegic hospital, where patients tried badminton as part of a rehabilitation programme.

David Weir of Great Britain

Our panel of journalists and coaches look forward to the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Portrait picture of a women in Team USA uniform in front of a landscape

With the IPC Athletics World Championships kicking off this week in Doha, Qatar, here are some hydration strategies.

IPC logo

IWBF and IPC President pay tribute to ‘one of the greatest players in wheelchair basketball.’

Dutch rider Chris Vos won the snowboard-cross men’s SB-LL1 at the 2015 IPC Para-Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain

In a further step forward in the development of snowboard, the sport now has its own website and social media profiles packed with news and information.

Chris Vos of the Netherlands

Dutch double world champion eyes a medal at the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.