PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A man poses with the Olympic and Paralympic logos for PyeongChang 2018](/sites/default/files/images/170815081757726_JisungPark.jpg)
Ji-Sung Park named PyeongChang 2018 Ambassador
Korean football icon to promote next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games
![Four male medal winners on a podium](/sites/default/files/2019-10/azerbaijan.jpg)
Azerbaijan top judo medal table
Nation ends 2017 European Championships with six golds.
![a wheelchair tennis player hits a shot](/sites/default/files/images/170810140208173_gordon%2Breid%2Bwimbledon.jpg)
Gordon Reid relishing tennis title challenge
Rio 2016 Paralympic champion not afraid of the sport's strength in depth.
![A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.](/sites/default/files/images/161104122241332_370.jpg)
Europe's blind football breakthrough
UEFA-funded project helps game reach new heights over past five years
![Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo](/sites/default/files/images/170118093909457_Lisa%2BGjessing%2B5.jpg)
Para taekwondo to reward spin kicks
Addition of 4-point technique aims to “dazzle and excite.”
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Australia’s Para ice hockey ambition
Country receives equipment to help grow the winter sport
![five para athletes compete in track and field sports](/sites/default/files/images/170809093235232_Americas%2BAOTM%2BJuly.jpg)
Who should be Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’?
Vote now to decide who was the best athlete in the Americas in July
Taiki Morii aiming for continuity ahead of PyeongChang 2018
Japan’s Alpine skier hoping to maintain performance in Paralympic year after topping World Cup standings
![Brazil's Petrucio Ferreira on his way to smashing the 200m T47 world record at London 2017.](/sites/default/files/images/170722201930414_36051480426_fc73429c0d_o.jpg)
Petrucio Ferreira named July’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
Brazilian sprinter had a record-breaking London 2017.
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IPC Presidential candidates speak
Four video interviews filmed ahead of September's Governing Board elections