PARIS 2024 NEWS
![Ibrahim Al Hussein coming out of the pool after a race](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-08/Ibrahim-refugee2.jpeg?itok=Qyq2IvWB)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Ibrahim Al Hussein
Ibrahim Al Hussein will compete in Para triathlon as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![Salman Abbariki, a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team at Paris 2024, prepares to throw](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Salman%20Abbariki%2C%20Para%20athletics%2C%20Refugee%20ParalympicTeam%40Tobias%20Lackner.jpg?itok=y1kRUZ7o)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Salman Abbariki
Salman Abbariki will compete in Para athletics as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![Amelio Castro Gruesso, a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team at Paris 2024, is wearing his wheelchair fencing gear](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/resized-Amelio%20Castro%20Gruesso%2C%20RPT.jpg?h=9a8b12e0&itok=5PTVtdrD)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Amelio Castro Grueso
Amelio Castro Grueso will compete in wheelchair fencing at Paris 2024 as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![Sayed Amir Hossein Pour, a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team, competes in Para table tennis](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Hosseinipour%20Ain%20RPT%201.jpg?itok=s9eFk_Bi)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Sayed Amir Hossein Hosseini Pour
Sayed Amir Hossein Hosseini Pour will compete in Para table tennis as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![Hadi Hassanzada, a member of the Refugee Paralympic Team at Paris 2024, is photographed wearing the taekwondo gear.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Hadi%20Hassanzada%2C%20RPT%2C%20%40World%20Taekwondo.jpg?itok=YsBfxNpb)
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Hadi Hassanzada
Hadi Hassanzada will compete in Para taekwondo as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![A collaged photo of eight athletes and a guide runner](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Refugee%20Paralympic%20Team%20with%20logo.jpg?itok=aR9mOQMF)
IPC unveils largest Refugee Paralympic Team ever for Paris 2024
Eight athletes and one guide runner will compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games as part of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
![Wheelchair fencer Bebe Vio competing at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-11/GettyImages-1337012863.jpg?h=1793250c&itok=MjAHvzmk)
Introduction to wheelchair fencing
As many as 96 wheelchair fencing athletes will compete in 16 medal events at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
![🏀🏀 Ones to Watch in Wheelchair Basketball at Paris 2024! 🌟| Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/e5w37feNjRE6eF35xGGlgnTt0zsNqZ7v0A0os6P5JRw.jpg?itok=vrqBqQun)
Ones to Watch in wheelchair basketball
The wheelchair basketball players you should be looking out for when the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games open on 28 August
![A female wheelchair basketball waves the Dutch flag to celebrate after a victory](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Jitske%20Visser%2C%20Tokyo%202020%2C%20wheelchair%20basketball%2C%20Netherlands.jpg?itok=uD2_Ix6Q)
Jitske Visser looks forward to fifth Paralympic Games
Dutch wheelchair basketball player Jitske Visser has won three medals across four Games, and she is hungry for more
![A male wheelchair basketball player posing for a photo while holding a gold medal.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2024-07/Steve%20Serio%2C%20Tokyo%202020%2C%20USA%20wheelchair%20basketball.jpg?h=b04c4a8c&itok=vm_V9dgB)
Wheelchair basketball star Serio aims to crown career with third consecutive gold
Steve Serio led the USA to back-to-back gold medals in wheelchair basketball at Tokyo 2020. As we approach the Paris 2024 Paralympics, we caught up with Serio, who is training for his fifth Games