PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Abbas Karimi for World Refugee Day](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/MyhtK-htSDYwTtG8hGtE8Z4lCbIbFe9sv0QqM_e39hs.jpg?itok=Tjwmh6fL)
Former refugee, Para swimmer Karimi sends powerful message on World Refugee Day
Abbas Karimi: 'My message to the displaced people around the world is to not give up on themselves. Never be hopeless. Be always hopeful, set goals and achieve them no matter where you are or what situation you’re in'
![Three men standing on a podium with their medals](/sites/default/files/2022-06/GettyImages-1241388158.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Italy reaches 27 golds to top medals table again
USA's Leanne Smith takes two victories on day seven to finish as most successful athlete at the World Championships in Portugal
![A female swimmer smiling from inside a competition pool](/sites/default/files/2022-06/GettyImages-1403304860.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Special Friday feeling for Barlaam and Santiago
Brazilian picks sixth triumph and Italian breaks his second world record at the World Championships with Ukraine claiming five golds in 50 minutes
![female Para dancer Tomer Margalit hugging her twin](/sites/default/files/images/181115165014146_tomer-margalit.jpg)
Lomianki hosts world's best and newcomers at Polish Open 2022
Traditional event in Poland kicks off this year's World Para Dance Sport season with 52 athletes from 11 nations
![A female Para powerlifter lifting the bar](/sites/default/files/2022-06/52152071401_d6768f691e_c.jpg)
Pyeongtaek 2022: China kicks off with gold sweep in women's events
Samaneh Hoda Aghghaleh becomes first Iranian female powerlifter to compete in a World Para Powerlifting championships
![Six Para sailors race in the singles competition at Sydney 2000.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Para%20sailing%20Sydney%202000.jpg)
First Under-25 Para Sailing World Championship to take place in 2023
Braassemermeer, the Netherlands will host the inaugural event, originally scheduled to take place from 19-22 July 2022
![Jamaica's Alphanso Cunningham holds up his gold medal in the men's javelin throw F52/53 and waves with his other hand while posing for photos on the London 2012 podium.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Alphanso%20Cunningham%20medal%20London%202012.jpg)
Jamaica’s Paralympic champion Cunningham reinvents into master of multiple sports
Double Paralympic athletics champion still smiling, still competing and still winning… in three new sports
![A male swimmer kissing his hand in a pool](/sites/default/files/2022-06/GettyImages-1403299235.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Ami Omer Dadaon pulls plot twist on day of world records
Men's 50m freestyle S4 sees two records in one day on Thursday while Brazil's Santiago and USA's Smith take their fifth World Championships gold
![A female swimmer in a black cap swimming butterfly](/sites/default/files/2022-06/ANASTASIA%202.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Anastasia Pagonis repeats Tokyo with debut gold medal
US star wins her first ever World Championships race while Italy's Simone Barlaam breaks his own record helping Italy to reach 16 golds in four days
![Santiago 2023 representatives pose for a group photo after announcing the Games venues.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Santiago%202023%20venues%20announcement.jpg)
Santiago 2023 officially confirms sports venues
• The next Pan American and Parapan American Games will be held in four regions, 19 communities and 41 sports venues