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![Glass-looking trophies for sitting volleyball World Championships medallists](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/180714104945339_sitting-volleyball-world-championships-netherlands.jpg?itok=vUbeCgga)
Pieter Joon to be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame
Founding father of World ParaVolley will be the first ever inductee from the world of sitting volleyball
![Athletes from Team USA take part in the parade of athletes during the Opening Ceremony of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/USA%20athletes%20opening%20ceremony%20Tokyo%202020.jpg?h=d25df2f4&itok=NVmYJbyf)
Hershey joins as partner of LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Hershey Company has become the first domestic food partner of the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and also renewed its partnership with Team USA
![Image of a female Para Athletics athletes happy after she crosses the finish](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/GettyImages-1337797516.jpg?itok=XSoFq7i6)
Debrunner welcomes new career challenges in Nottwil
Switzerland hosts third Grand Prix of the season with plenty of Paralympic medallists in action from Thursday to Saturday
![Gustavo Sanchez It Starts With Sport](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/EwdQzg1PcETa8DbZBbp1eunE0Mwy8b58srPSIepJ_R4.jpg?itok=Ot2THdrd)
Mexico's Gustavo Sanchez on the magic of diving into challenges
‘Now I am a completely different Gustavo. Sport gives you that confidence’
![Eight athletes and staff of the Iraqi Para badminton team pose for a photo near the court.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/Team%20Iraq%20strike%20a%20pose%20at%20the%20Fazza%20Dubai%20Para%20Badminton.jpeg?h=5deed73c&itok=ArVWtxH5)
Iraqi Para shuttlers keen to make a mark after international debut in Dubai
Team coach aims for his players to rise to the top of the rankings among the Arab countries and in the West Asian region
![Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs along a sandy trail in Arizona with a mountain backdrop.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/jacky%20hunt%20broersma%20marathon%20runner.jpg?h=5d57582f&itok=FKMmSJht)
Record-breaker Hunt-Broersma will ‘never stop’… unless her other leg ‘falls off’
The South African-born amputee has recently completed 104 marathons in 104 consecutive days
![A male Para swimmer competing in a backstroke event](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/GettyImages-1336992507.jpg?itok=NuJQS18m)
Santiago 2023 Para swimming medal programme revealed
A total of 148 medal events will be held in the first edition of the Parapan American Games to take place in Chile from 17 to 26 November next year
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Paris GP to have record participation
The fourth edition of the competition will welcome more than 750 athletes from 57 countries to the French capital in June
![Brad Snyder - It Starts With Sport](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/aJisvfx6fGvpYWj8FlUTzwQrjPIY6VK9yGhv18X8_mY.jpg?itok=lnvkMbZU)
From diffusing bombs to winning races: How Brad Snyder found new life in Para sports
‘Dream big. You don’t know what is possible for you until you try,’ says six-time Paralympic champion
IPC makes EUR 1 million of grants available to NPCs for sport development
NPCs will be able to apply for funding until 5 June 2022 in three grant areas
![USA and Canadian players clash during a gold medal match in the second Women’s International Para Ice Hockey Cup held in Ostrava, Czech Republic.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/para%20ice%20hockey%20women%20female%20training%20camp%20agitos%202.jpg?itok=rxgijBzD)
Citi becomes founding partner of new PARA SPORT programme
• Citi to help grow select Para sports through 2024
![Representatives of the International Paralympic Committee and International Disability Alliance celebrate winning International Campaign of the Year award.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/wethe15%20award%20sport%20industry%20london%202022-crop2.jpg?h=9a33d8e0&itok=XNBa1RuL)
WeThe15 named International Campaign of the Year at 2022 Sport Industry Awards
The latest victory at the 2022 Sport Industry Awards takes the total number of major international awards that WeThe15 has won to eight
![Australia's Janine Watson and Japan's Shoko Ota face each other as they adjust their helmets, preparing for their repechage match.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/Para%20taekwondo%20Tokyo%202020%20shoko%20ota%20janine%20watson%20.jpg?h=050ff4d9&itok=Ei6vUMAb)
Para taekwondo makes step towards equity at European Championships in Manchester
Decision to hold the Para Taekwondo and Taekwondo European Championships concurrently hails a new era in Para sports
![Liakath Aziz raises his arm in celebration while holding a trophy.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/Liakath%20Aziz%20boccia%20South%20Africa-cropped.jpg?itok=RyBqYLjw)
Boccia trailblazer Aziz looks for African breakthrough in sport
• The Johannesburg 2022 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships take place from 16-23 May
![A Para powerlifter sitting on the bench with two other men wearing masks and tying the legs of the athlete sitting on the bench.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/Tbilisi.jpg?itok=GWVaDImA)
Regional Championships: All you need to know!
Pyeongtaek, South Korea, is hosting the first out of four World Para Powerlifting Regional Championships in 2022 starting on 15 June
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Iskandar Tursunbaev receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned adverse analytical finding both out-of-competition and in-competition in 2021
![Image of a male Para swimmer in the podium with his gold medal and his flowers](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/Image%20ok_0.jpg?itok=WQH9ABzW)
World Para Swimming mourns the passing of Denys Dubrov
Ukrainian Para swimmer was a four-time Paralympic champion and took three medals at last year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo
![Andrea Lanfri steps on a rock as he adjusts his right prosthetic leg, with a bright orange tent on his right and heavy fog surrounding him.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/andrea%20lanfri%20italy%20climber%20climbing%20everest.jpg?h=49596de3&itok=uqJ4i8gJ)
No peak out of reach for Para climber Lanfri
The 35-year-old is close to becoming the first Italian multi-amputee to scale the world's tallest mountain
![Brazil's Monique Oliveira laughs as she surfs a wave at Barra beach.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-05/Monique%20Oliveira%20surfing%20Brazil%20cerebral%20palsy.jpg?itok=dF6rqtm3)
ISA World Para Surfing Championship to return to California in 2022
International Surfing Association, AmpSurf and Pismo Beach set to host the 2022 championship from 4-11 December
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IPC launches PARA SPORT programme to grow awareness and participation in Para sport
• PARA SPORT’s narrative, “It Starts With Sport,” shows the value of sport through three core elements: awareness, community and freedom