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![Melissa Stockwell](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/Melissa%20Stockwell.jpg?itok=CO7hkkDl)
Melissa Stockwell: From wounded soldier to World Champion
“When I got in the water for the first time after losing my leg… it almost made me feel whole again. It's like I forgot as though I was missing my leg. I just loved the way the water made me feel.”
![Andrew Parsons podcast](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/Andrew%20podcast.jpg?h=1fae1e66&itok=VV7f4Z9r)
Andrew Parsons on inspirational leadership
'My leadership style is I see myself as a server. I serve the Movement, the Paralympic athletes'
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Italy goes down Rome 1960 memory lane
NPC celebrates 60th anniversary of the 1960 Paralympic Games
![Old black and white photo of Italy marching into the stadium](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/italy-rome-1960.jpg?h=d198ab93&itok=I1Z4Tov_)
Celebrating 60 years since Rome 1960
Rome 1960 was the first Paralympics to take place in the same city as the Olympics
![Ellie Cole](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/E77VKMtV7pXID_q9ia2VtW9CRYWP5sLN_zc2T1YZhIU.jpg?itok=YzaRCJHs)
Cole: Rising Phoenix a multi-dimensional experience
'I think people who watch the film, particularly those who aren’t fans already, are going to finally understand that the Paralympic Movement is really multi-dimensional'
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World Series return to Berlin in October
German capital is home to one of the most traditional Para swimming competitions in the world
![Saudia Arabian man riding a horse](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/Ahmed-Sharbatly_0.jpg?itok=4UqYpY5F)
Sharbatly rides for Saudi Arabia
Para dressage athlete’s dream was seven years in the making
![New IPC logo symbol](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-12/IPC%20logo.jpg?itok=Tz9hXgsX)
IPC launches requests for information for Games media rights in Europe
IPC looking for Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games partners who can ensure the Paralympics have a greater impact on society
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Pioneer Shea swaps snowflakes for sawdust
Paralympic medallist announces retirement and speaks out about the challenges of adjusting to a new lifestyle after elite sport
![Yoshihide Suga](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/Yoshihide%20Suga.jpg?itok=1aS9J5B5)
IPC statement on the election of Yoshihide Suga as Prime Minister of Japan
'We are all looking forward to working with him and his government to ensure the safe and secure delivery of next year’s Games'
![Beijing 2022 logo new](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-06/Beijing%20Paralympic_full%20colour_RGB_0.jpg?h=6996033e&itok=MnIL9Ir2)
Beijing 2022 revise emblem
Emblem now reflects IPC’s new logo
![Shauna-Kay Hines](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/Shauna-Kay%20Hines.jpg?itok=n31FzcXc)
The indomitable spirit of Shauna-Kay Hines
"I wasn't fully aware about disability communities [but], it's not as if my parents were hiding from it. I wasn't exposed to the wider disability in Jamaica."
Beijing 2022 launches I’mPOSSIBLE
IPC programme set to educate schoolchildren in China about the Paralympics
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IPC and International Disability Alliance to team up
The historic agreement will see the two like-minded organisations collaborate on a range of initiatives
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Tokyo 2020 qualification a dream come true
Chilean table tennis player prepares for Paralympics debut after winning the Parapan title in Lima
![Three men standing on a shooting range, two of the holding shotguns](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/20200912_143129.jpg?h=f21fd297&itok=defl6iEJ)
Cafaggi makes golden return in Brno
Italy's World Championships medallist wins first international Para trap competition in Czech Republic
![Dutch male wheelchair tennis player makes a fist after scoring a point](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-09/sam-schroder.jpg?itok=k7JE7W9o)
Schroder shocks Alcott in US Open
Dutchman’s debut shook up the wheelchair tennis world
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Key to success is being a better person for Duenas
Colombian Rio 2016 cycling bronze medallist speaks about his career in an Instagram Live event organised by the IPC to celebrate one-year-to-go to Tokyo 2020
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Last-minute loss fuels Luchini for Lillehammer 2021
Following season cut short, Worlds medallist prepares to become first snowboard instructor with an impairment in Italy
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Bonn 2019 legacy lives on
'There is nothing more beautiful than impacting people and help them discover the abilities they have hidden inside,' says Erik Machens