PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A mock-up image of the Athletes' Parade as multiple delegations, including France, reach the Place de la Concorde.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Paris%202024%20Opening%20Ceremony%20%20Athletes%20Parade.jpg)
Paris 2024 Board of Directors approves balanced budget with less than two years to go
The Paris 2024 Board of Directors adopted the Organising Committee’s revised multi-year budget of €4.38 billion this week, which represents an increase of approximately 10% or 5% net of inflation, following the third budgetary review
![A male wheelchair tennis player extends his arms after returning the ball.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Niels%20Vink%20Wimbledon%202022.jpg)
Kunieda, de Groot finish 2022 as World No. 1 while Vink celebrates career's first
Japan's Shingo Kunieda and the Netherlands' Diede de Groot won their tenth and fifth ITF World Champions Awards, respectively, while rising star Niels Vink celebrated a personal and nation's first
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Denmark’s Peters finds his place with wheelchair rugby after life-changing injury
Mark Peters helped Denmark make their Paralympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games and was a member of the team that impressed the home crowd at the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship in October
![A female athlete rides a horse, walking calmly, during competition.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Laurentia%20Tan%20competition.jpg)
Laurentia Tan: ‘I may not be able to dance but on a horse we can do ballet together’
Singapore's Paralympic medallist Laurentia Tan cannot hear or control her legs, but that has not stopped her from becoming a dressage star
![A man in a suit smiles in a casual photo with a beige background.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/John%20Lisko.jpg)
IPC appoint John Lisko as Managing Director of IPC Global Media Rights
In his role with the IPC, John Lisko will work to broaden the reach and engagement of the organisation's television and digital media rights, with a specific focus on the LA 2028 Paralympic Games
![A man holds up charts for testing eyesight while a female supervisor looks on.](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Vi%20classification%20Malawi.jpg)
More than 30 African athletes undergo vision impairment classification in Malawi
Three-day classification opportunity aims to support the journey of a number of athletes from Africa to compete internationally
![A male athlete in a wheelchair screams in celebration while holding up a trophy and dish, as a team cheers behind him next to the banner "world champions" and "European champions".](/sites/default/files/2022-12/wheelchair%20handball%20championships%20Portugal.jpg)
Portugal make wheelchair handball history at inaugural six-a-side competition
New world and European champions Portugal win first edition of a new international six-a-side wheelchair handball competition
![The logo of World Para Swimming](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Logo%20of%20World%20Para%20Swimming%201.png)
IPC and World Para Swimming pay condolences to family of Anne Green
Anne Green was involved in swimming for over five decades and served as Chairperson of IPC Swimming (World Para Swimming) between 1992 and 2006
![A female Para athlete runs with her male guide runner](/sites/default/files/2022-12/1%20Omara%20Durand%20Tokyo%202020.jpg)
Cuban sprint queen Durand embraces perfect chemistry with guide Kindelan
The great connection between athletes with vision impairments and their able-bodied guides, like the one between Omara Durand and Yuniol Kindelan, is one of the many things we celebrate on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated on 3 December
![A male athlete on a wheelchair is filmed by a production crew](/sites/default/files/2022-12/Allianz%20inclusion%20film%20manual.png)
Allianz publishes manual to encourage more inclusive film productions
The manual contains learnings from the ‘Day 1 Done #MoveNow’ project and also includes behind the scenes documentation of the MoveNow Training Series, which was developed together with the International Paralympic Committee