PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![New IPC logo symbol](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-12/IPC%20logo.jpg?itok=Tz9hXgsX)
IPC publishes updated governance review proposal
'This Revised Proposal takes on board the feedback received and has been prepared for further consultation over the next three months'
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Couple break silence on sex and disability in new book
“It’s not easy but it’s really necessary and we feel good because we know that we are helping a lot of people,” says Paralympian Enrique Plantey
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Aquatics Centre highlights Tokyo 2020's readiness
State-of-the-art venue opens its doors to local community and sports federations ahead of Tokyo 2020 Games
![Egyptian powerlifter Sherif Osman screams after winning the world title in Nur-Sultan](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/190714203713000_Sherif-Osman.jpg?itok=cPqugPjn)
Osman’s ‘difficult but not impossible’ mentality
Egyptian powerlifter went from growing up with a disability in a small village to becoming a triple Paralympic champion
![A woman with a black cap swimming breaststroke](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-10/Berlin%20World%20Series%202020%20-%20Elena%20Krawzow.jpg?h=18e73168&itok=uFu9mx0H)
Krawzow and Ponce shine brighter in Berlin
London 2019 world champion and 2019 men's World Series winner smash world records in the German capital*
![Marjolein Buis of the Netherlands competes against Lucy Shuker of Great Britain in their Quarterfinal match during the Australian Open 2017 Wheelchair Championships.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/images/170301112518788_buis.jpg?h=a251383d&itok=gZYzvl1u)
Marjolein Buis announces retirement after a decade at the top
‘Physically it's no longer possible for me to train fulltime and to play three set matches at the highest level’
![Five blind female footballer all holding a football together](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-10/Austria-women-blind-football-credit%20www.blindenfussball.at_.jpg?h=a6f77ebf&itok=x2K54Oh6)
First women's blind football national team in Europe
The team joins Argentina and Japan who had already formed their own national women’s teams
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Accessible ice rink coming to Baltic region
Latvia's capital Riga to open new arena next year offering more opportunities for Para ice hockey players
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Birmingham 2022 medal event programme released
Programme sees 136 medal events for women and 134 for men, with biggest integrated Para sport programme also confirmed
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Schröder the newest star
Dutch athlete made headlines when he upset Dylan Alcott for the US Open title