PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Malle, Belgium, will host 2017 Para dance sport World Championships](/sites/default/files/images/161212101608020_dance.jpg)
Malle 2017 to be live streamed
The competition from 21-22 October will be shown live on Paralympic.org
![Mexico City 2017 Para Sport Festival - logo](/sites/default/files/images/171005091644002_MC%2B2017%2Blogo_0.jpg)
Mexico City 2017 World Championships postponed
Following Tuesday’s devastating earthquake the IPC has postponed upcoming World Championships in powerlifting and swimming.
![Woman in wheelchair dances with standing partner](/sites/default/files/images/170920142448263_Choi%2BMan%2BChun-Wong%2BWai%2BKing%2BEvina_Polaris%2BPuk.jpg)
Hong Kong strong at Starlight Open
Dance couples Wong and Choi; and Huang and Kuo triumphed at the last competition before the 2017 Worlds
Rio to host 2018 Para Cycling Track Worlds
Apeldoorn, the Netherlands will stage the following edition in 2019
![8th Asia-Pacific Congress on Sport Technology - Tel Aviv, Israel](/sites/default/files/images/170920143909324_APCST.jpg)
Para sports at the centre of Sport Technology Congress in Israel
Eighth edition of the APCST is set to take place in Tel Aviv from 15-19 October
![Sareh Javanmardidodmani wins shooting gold medal Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160909220900443_shooting.jpg)
Rio 2016 champions back to Osijek World Cup
The competition features Rio gold medallists Sareh Javanmardidodmani and Veronika Vadovicova
![Jianquan Tian CHN (left) vs Gang Sun CHN in the Men's Individual Épée - Category A Semi-final Wheelchair Fencing in the Carioca Arena 3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160915102656345_TL2-4517.jpg)
5 wheelchair fencing storylines to follow
The 2017 World Championships are less than two months away
![Nils-Erik Ulset of Norway](/sites/default/files/images/150313124055304_478601107.jpg)
Norway’s Ulset prepares for his fifth Winter Games
Nordic skiing champion has no time for holidays to be at his best at PyeongChang 2018
![Gold medalist Zhangyu Li of China celebrates after competing in the men's 3km C1 Pursuit Final at Rio 2016 Paralympics at Rio Olympic Velodrome.](/sites/default/files/images/160911105144824_GettyImages-601336594.jpg)
Zhangyu Li hopes to be back in full form at Tokyo 2020
China’s three-time cycling Paralympic champion still recovering from injury