PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A woman showing her gold medals with a backdrop of the 11th ASEAN Para Games](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Indonesia%20Ni%20Nengah%20Widiasih%20sets%20new%20record%20in%20powerlifting.jpg)
Paralympic medallists shine at ASEAN Para Games
Ni Nengah Widiasih, Le Van Cong win gold as hosts Indonesia and Vietnam top medals table in Para powerlifting at Solo 2022
![A close up of a female swimmer as she comes up for a breath during a breaststroke race.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Summers-Newton%20Commonwealth%20Birmingham.jpg)
Home crowd at fully integrated Games helps Summers-Newton complete medal set
With her latest victory at Birmingham 2022, Summers-Maisie can now call herself a Paralympic, world, European and Commonwealth champion
![Raphaelle Tousignant is the first Canadian woman to play alongside men at the national level.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Raphaelle%20Tousignant_Canada.jpg)
Tousignant ready to break new grounds
Canadian star eager to bring other female players along with her raising awareness at the Women’s World Challenge presented by Citi
![LA 2028 emblem](/sites/default/files/2020-09/LA28_Emblem_Paralympic_Stacked_A_Equality_Gradient_RGB_Color.jpg)
Record 33 sports bid for LA28 Paralympic Games inclusion
• Initial decision on the LA28 Paralympic sport programme will be taken by the end of January 2023
![A female wheelchair racer after crossing the line in a blue track](/sites/default/files/2022-08/GettyImages-1240802723.jpg)
Birmingham 2022: Hannah Cockroft eyes gold to complete medal set
Para athletics takes over Alexander Stadium with 10 medals up for grabs and local star hoping to make a new legacy 10 years after the London Paralympics
![Para triathlete and his guide each hold a bronze medal and smile](/sites/default/files/2022-08/GettyImages-1411981689.jpg)
Para triathlete Goerlach overcomes fear of water to take bronze at Birmingham 2022
Australian athlete says he would rather swim with sharks than jump in a pool after traumatic experience of nearly drowning more than 30 years ago
![A female swimmer embracing another female swimmer looking surprised in the pool](/sites/default/files/2022-08/GettyImages-1412039748.jpg)
Birmingham 2022: Alice Tai stuns the crowd, Katja Dedekind sets new world record
First three days of Para swimming action at the Commonwealth Games see young stars emerge and the farewell to a Paralympic legend
![IPC Agitos new logo](/sites/default/files/2019-12/IPC%20new%20logo%20for%20stories%201.jpg)
Second Phase of consultation goes live on the IPC Classification Code Review
• ‘Pivotal phase’ is seeking more targeted IPC Member feedback on key classification issues that emerged from Phase 1 of the Review and an initial working draft of the Code
![England's Johnboy Smith crossed the finishing line in one hour 41.15 minutes for his first CWG gold.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/England%27s%20Johnboy%20Smith%20.jpg)
Puncture ruins Weir's effort as Smith claims gold
Australia's De Rozario retains women’s marathon T53/54 title with Games record time
![Australian boccia player Daniel Michel and ramp assistant Ashlee McClure smile on the podium after winning bronze at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Michel%20podium%20photo_2.jpg)
Friendship pushes boccia player Michel and assistant McClure to higher ground
Michel and his ramp assistant McClure certain their friendship will last a lifetime