PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Team Great Britain in action in a B-Pool World Championships game in Berlin in 2019.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Team%20GB%20v%20SVK%20-%20Berlin%202019-2.jpg)
Thailand to host C-Pool Worlds in December
Armenia, France, Kazakhstan and the hosts will play at a World Para Ice Hockey sanctioned event for the first time joined by Austria and Great Britain
More than 60,000 people participate in 15th National Paralympic Day in Iran
The annual festival aims to boost the Paralympic Movement across the country
![Wheelchair rugby players wearing yellow jerseys celebrate their victory](/sites/default/files/2022-10/2022%20wheelchair%20rugby%20worlds%20Australia%202.jpg)
Australia defeat USA to win 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship
Australia defeated the United States to win the gold medal, while Japan earned bronze by beating host country Denmark
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Players embrace Denmark’s red-hot fans at Wheelchair Rugby World Championship
The home team advanced to the medal round for the first time at a World Championships and will face defending champions Japan in the bronze medal match on 16 October
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Paralympic pioneer Sir George Bedbrook inducted into Sport Australia Hall of Fame
Pioneering orthopedic surgeon and rehabilitation specialist Sir George Bedbrook among nine new inductees of the Sport Australia Hall of Fame
![A female sitting volleyball player from Brazil plays the ball during a match against Canada.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/sitting%20volleyball%20brazil%20canada%20tokyo%202020.jpg)
Call to athletes to engage with Classification Code review consultation
The review of the IPC Athlete Classification Code is now in the second round of consultation, which runs until 15 December 2022
Boccia TikTok star Morillas on turning likes into medals
Morillas received more than 370 comments praising him as an artist and inviting him for house stays around the world
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France become team to beat at 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship
France and Japan finish at the top of their respective pools at the world championships in Vejle, Denmark, with quarterfinals to take place 14 October
![Manish Narwal](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Manish%20Narwal.jpg)
Al Ain 2022: From father’s choice to Paralympic star, Narwal aims at more titles
India’s Tokyo 2020 gold medallist explains what makes shooting Para sport fascinating and unique
![A male Para powerlifter of short stature screams and squeezes his fists in celebration after making a successful lift.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Matthew%20Harding%20celebration%20Tbilisi%202022.jpg)
Swimmer-turned-powerlifter Harding pays tribute to late father with breakout title
Great Britain's Matthew Harding won the European title in the men's up to 72kg a year after switching his focus from Para swimming