Nagano 2013 - Media Centre

Swimming

World records galore as Berlin World Series sets the tone for Manchester 2023

Paralympic stars including Italy's Simone Barlaam produce amazing show as 19 world records* were broken in the four-day competition

Para Ice Hockey

Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Italy

The host of the next Winter Paralympics has never finished higher than fifth or lower than seventh at the World Championships

A female athlete smiles for a photograph while holding a gold medal with her right hand and a bouquet with her left hand.

Athletics

Meet Hungary’s Paralympic champion Ekler, the university teacher boosting Para sports

Luca Ekler, who won the women’s long jump T38 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, says finding Para athletics was ‘a dream come true’

Para Ice Hockey

Moose Jaw 2023: A-Pool Worlds competition schedule revealed

Tournament will take place on Canadian ice for first time featuring defending Paralympic and world champions USA and other top seven-ranked teams

IPC

IPC suspension of NPC Russia and Belarus to go back before General Assembly

Both NPCs were suspended by the IPC membership at an Extraordinary General Assembly in November 2022

Italy's Monica Contrafatto (left), Ambra Sabatini (centre) and Martina Caironi celebrate their triple podium at Tokyo 2020.

Athletics

All eyes on Jesolo with Paris 2023 Worlds lurking

Paralympic stars, including local star Sabatini, will be among the favourites as they lead a field of 496 athletes from 65 nations in the three-day Grand Prix

Alpine Skiing

Five tips to get started in Para alpine skiing from Paralympic champion Pedersen

Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Jesper Pedersen of Norway encourages people to take up Para alpine skiing with a smile and to believe that the sky is the limit

A woman and a man on a wheelchair holding tennis racquet.

IPC

IPC praises French Government’s push to improve rights of persons with disabilities

Amongst a range of measures by the French Government will be a EUR 1.5 billion investment into accessibility

Home favourite Taliso Engel was only 17 years old when he became world champion in London 2019 and repeated the feat at the Madeira 2022 Worlds.

Swimming

World Series lands in Berlin with record number of participants

Headlined by Paralympic and world stars including local star Engel, the Berlin 2023 will have biggest field of 420 athletes from 51 nations in the World Series

🏆 Catherine Debrunner wins 2023 Laureus Award | Paralympic Games

Athletics

Swiss wheelchair racer Catherine Debrunner wins 2023 Laureus Award

Debrunner wins her first Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award for her successful 2022 season

Graphic showing the Manchester 2023 and ISB logos

Swimming

Manchester 2023: ISB named World Championships Host Broadcaster

Announcement follows up on the successful partnership at last year's Para Swimming Worlds in Madeira, Portugal

Table Tennis

Meet Ibrahim Hamadtou, the Paralympian who plays table tennis with his mouth and foot

Hamadtou, a two-time Paralympian from Egypt, has become a global sensation because of his unique playing style. But do you know his story and what his next goals are?

Para Ice Hockey

Women’s World Challenge returns to Green Bay in August

Second annual World Para Ice Hockey event will feature USA, Canada, Great Britain, Team Asia and Team Europe from 31 August-3 September

Generic view of 2019 IPC General Assembly including the stage and all the attendants

IPC

Bahrain to host 2023 IPC General Assembly

The event will take place 27-29 September 2023 in Manama, with more than 300 attendees from the IPC’s 209 members expected to attend

Tokyo 2020 silver medallist Nataliia Oliinyk lifted 143kg in the women’s over 86kg category to grab European record, just months ahead of World Championships.

Powerlifting

Records tumble at Tbilisi World Cup

Paralympic medallists Sodnompiljee and Widiasih send strong warning to opponents while Oliinyk grabs European record in Georgia

Colombia’s Sara Vargas claimed the 100m freestyle S6 gold medal in the World Championships in Madeira last year.

Swimming

World Series 2023: Serrano, Vargas put Colombia on top in Singapore

Duo shines with four gold each as home star Xiu sets new world record* in the women's 200m freestyle S2 at fifth stop of the Citi Para Swimming World Series

Cuba's Omara Durand, who won two golds at the Dubai Grand Prix, returned in style to finish on top in 200m and 400m T12 races.

Athletics

Familiar names excel at Xalapa Grand Prix

Tokyo 2020 stars and home favourites Chessani Garcia and Guadarrama join Cuban icon Durand to steal the show as fourth Grand Prix of the year concludes

A female swimmer waving from inside the pool

Swimming

World Series returns to Asia in Xiu's home waters

Citi Para Swimming World Series lands in the fourth different continent this season with 180 swimmer from 22 countries competing in Singapore

A male powerlifter in a bench press with two men standing next to him

Powerlifting

Tbilisi setting the standard at the first World Cup of 2023

Plenty of World Championships and European Open medallists return to a familiar setting in the Georgian capital from Saturday to Monday

A group of about 80 people pose for a photograph.

IPC

Third IPC Athletes’ Forum to focus on joint strategies with the IPC

Over 100 delegates are expected to gather in Icheon, Republic of Korea from 25-27 June 2023. “The athlete's voice is not only the most prominent it has ever been in the IPC, but we at the Athletes’ Council really feel that the IPC is fully supportive of initiatives that develop athletes within the Paralympic Movement," IPC Athletes’ Council Chairperson Jitske Visser said.