Paralympic News: Follow the latest IPC news and top stories featuring Paralympic athletes
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Boccia star Grigorios Polychronidis targets first individual gold
‘We have a secondary role, even more important than Olympians, to show to the community and especially the children of tomorrow that the person with disability is different but he is equal’
![Omara Durand - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/170109122026494_Omara%2BDurand_Athletics_GettyImages-601084816.jpg)
Omara Durand looks to extend decade long reign
Champion looks forward to performing for her eight-year-old daughter
![A male standing dancer holding a wheelchair with a female Para dancer during a competition](/sites/default/files/2021-05/Para%20Dance%20Lomianki%202019.jpg)
Road to Ulsan 2021 calendar updated
Czech Republic to host an international Para dance sport event for the first time in August in the lead up to the World Championships
![South Korean man in wheelchair leans over to hit the badminton birdie](/sites/default/files/2019-08/kim-jung-jun.jpg)
Jung Jun Kim eyes badminton gold on the biggest stage
'I’d like to show my daughters I can do something that other fathers can’t. I want to be a father to be proud of.'
![Iraq refugee Wissam Sami greets Canada's Ryan Roussel during the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Warsaw, Poland](/sites/default/files/images/190717085320969_Wissam%2B3.jpg)
IPC launches campaign to promote access for refugees with disabilities to Para sport
The STEADY Action Week builds on the calls to action: Inform yourself – Learn from others – Get involved
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1964 to 1988 — It was all about Zipora Rubin-Rosenbaum's dominance
She won 30 medals, in athletics, swimming, table tennis and wheelchair basketball
![Rakesh Kumar](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Rakesh%20Kumar%201.jpg)
Tendulkar-fan Rakesh Kumar yearns to win medal and meet legend
'Whatever success I have achieved so far is for the country and my parents, so whatever rewards I get are for them. Meeting Tendulkar is the only reward I want for myself.'
India look to take giant strides at Tokyo 2020
Mariyappan Thangavelu will lead the country’s biggest contingent till date
![British wheelchair tennis player Gordon Reid in action](/sites/default/files/2021-08/Gordon-Reid.jpg)
Great Britain's Gordon Reid has momentum on his side ahead of Tokyo 2020
Wheelchair tennis player has beaten Shingo Kunieda, Alfie Hewett, Gustavo Fernandez and Joachim Gerard, the world’s top four players, this year
![A female skier following her guide in a Para alpine skiing race](/sites/default/files/2021-07/170221%20Barbara%20Aigner%20AUT%201a.jpg)
Season look back: Top six alpine skiing moments
Breakout performances, one family’s dominance and a freeski triumph among highlights of a memorable season
![Japanese male wheelchair tennis player does backhand return](/sites/default/files/2021-07/shingo-kunieda-wimbledon.jpg)
Home Games entice tennis legend Kunieda for another tilt at glory
Japan’s wheelchair ace has achieved everything in his stellar career but Tokyo 2020 offers chance to elevate his sport
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Sport Week: Ones to watch for wheelchair tennis
The world's best will fight for the coveted six gold medals up for grabs
![a group of Para ice hockey players celebrate a goal](/sites/default/files/images/171010162248921_Japan%2Bbt%2BSweden.jpg)
B-Pool Worlds to return to Ostersund
Top three finishers will advance to Paralympic Qualification Tournament with top two finishers also promoted to the A-Pool World Championships
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Sport Week: 10 things to know about wheelchair tennis
The only rule change in wheelchair tennis is that two bounces of the ball are allowed
![A man swimming freestyle in a pool](/sites/default/files/2021-07/AH1_5088_1.jpg)
Braunschweig brothers share Olympic and Paralympic swimming dreams
Ole is the first in the water competing at the Tokyo Olympics followed by Malte who will make his Paralympic Games debut in Japan
![Filipino Para swimmer Ernie Gawilan in action at the final of the 2018 Asian Para Games](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Filipino%20swimmer%20Gawilan%20Ernie%20Donald%27s%20action%20in%20the%20final%20of%20the%20Asian%20Para%20Games%20at%20Indonesia..jpg)
Philippines Para athletes draw inspiration from Hidilyn Diaz’s historic Olympic gold
I will not make any excuses not to perform well in the Games, regardless the difficult times: Para athlete Jerold Mangliwan
Australia's Andrew Edmondson excited heading into his second Paralympics
Midpoint player has become crucial in Australian all-conquering wheelchair rugby team
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A star of world stage, glory days beckon at home for Yui Kamiji
The tennis ace who has won multiple grand slam titles is hoping Tokyo 2020 can provide a fillip for her sport
![D. P. Herath Mudiyanselage of Sri Lanka competes in the Men's Javelin Throw - F46 Final at Rio Games](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Dinesh%20Priyantha%20Herath%202.jpg)
Sri Lankan war hero gunning for gold and world record in javelin
Dinesh Priyantha Herath is a two-time silver medallist at the World Para Athletic Championships
![Sampath Bandara during a training session](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Archery%20Sampath%20Bandara.jpg)
Sri Lankan Paralympians gung-ho of doubling medal tally in Tokyo
Mahesh Jayakody will be the first rower to represent Sri Lanka at the Paralympic Games