PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![African male taekwondo athlete teaching other students](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Parafait-Hakizimana-taekwondo-anthony-karumba.jpg)
Para taekwondo athlete Parfait teaches hope at Rwandan Refugee Camp
Parfait fled the civil war in Burundi and has been passing on his knowledge to others in his new home - Mahama Refugee Camp
![Egypt's Shaimaa 1](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Shaimaa%201.jpg)
Egyptian badminton player Shaimaa Ellatif puts her weight behind the shuttle
'After having played wheelchair tennis and Para athletics, I am now fully focused on Para badminton now and I am trying my best to promote the sport not just in Egypt but in Africa'
![A group of USA Para ice hockey players with their gold medals on an ice rink](/sites/default/files/2021-06/RHF_3197.jpg)
Ostrava 2021: USA thump Canada to claim fifth World Championships title
Dominant performance in 5-1 victory gives USA the second consecutive gold medal at the World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Czech Republic
![Two Para ice hockey players celebrating on ice](/sites/default/files/2021-06/KAB_0086.jpg)
Ostrava 2021: RPC bag Worlds bronze
Team show efficiency again to beat Paralympic bronze medallists South Korea 7-0 and reach the podium in Czech Republic
![A male athlete with a prosthetic leg next to a score showing his world record](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Leverkusen%202021.jpg)
Johannes Floors impresses at Tokyo dress rehearsal in Leverkusen
German sprinter breaks his own 200m T62 world record in his home track in final international event before the Paralympic Games
![rower raises arms to celebrate gold medal on podium](/sites/default/files/images/170619115814858_roman%2Bpolianskyi.jpg)
Hardships help Ukrainian Para rower Roman Polianskyi become stronger
From loss of his parents to escaping war in 2014, Paralympic and world champion keeps defying adversities
![A group of Para ice hockey players celebrating on ice](/sites/default/files/2021-06/RHF_3137.jpg)
Ostrava 2021: Zelinka and Palat lead Czechs to Beijing Paralympics
Supported by home crowd hosts beat Norway to finish World Championships in fifth place and book ticket to next year's Games in China
![A Para ice hockey player seen from behind in a match observed by three players](/sites/default/files/2021-06/RHF_8596.jpg)
Canada and USA return to final in Ostrava
The world’s top two ranked Para ice hockey teams meet again on Saturday as RPC and South Korea play for the bronze medal
![A female skier behind her guide in a Para alpine skiing competition](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Hanne%20Vadseth.jpg)
Hanne Vadseth discovers the art of recovery
Norwegian vision impaired skier turns to song covers, paintings and workouts to connect with the outside world during injury and the pandemic
![Speakers at the press conference for the release of the Legacy Report of Beijing 2022](/sites/default/files/2021-06/Legacy-Report.jpg)
Beijing 2022 launches legacy report
China look to engage 300 million people in winter sports