PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![People in a large crowd raise their hands during the Paris 2024 handover celebration.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Paris%202024%20handover.jpg)
Paris 2024 to recruit 45,000 volunteers for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
The application platform will be open starting in March 2023 with the applicants to be informed of the decision in September 2023
![A mock-up image of a pyro show in which people standing in the formation of an Agitos sign hold up lights in the Place de la Concorde.](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Paris%202024%20Opening%20Ceremony%20%20pyro%20show.jpg)
Paris 2024 to host first Paralympic Games Opening Ceremony outside a stadium
Up to 65,000 spectators will be able to attend the fully accessible Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, which will take the athletes through the Champs-Elysees to the Place de la Concorde for a powerful message of inspiration and inclusion
![A male wheelchair rugby player wearing a yellow jersey holds onto a ball, while another athlete wearing a blue jersey tries to grab it](/sites/default/files/2022-10/Wheelchair%20rugby%20worlds%20Ryley%20Batt.jpg)
Top 5 tips to get started in wheelchair rugby from sport legend Batt
Ryley Batt, who recently powered Australia to a gold medal at the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship, says wheelchair rugby is a “fast, fierce and fun” sport and encourages people to enjoy every moment of it
Self-designed bicycles helping Spain’s Ten enjoy smooth transition from swimming
The three-time Paralympic swimming champion opened a new chapter in his sporting career as a cyclist and is next set to compete at the 2022 Para Cycling Track World Championships, to be held in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France from 20-23 October
![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
![Children holding Denmark's flags fill the stands at a venue](/sites/default/files/2022-10/20221012wheelchairrugby%201224.jpg)
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