PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Team Canada Head coach Tara Chisholm](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Team%20Canada.jpg?h=c7443775&itok=NFj7kL4P)
Coaches reflect on the unique experience at Green Bay
Four team leaders reflect on the impact of the first Women's World Challenge on their players and the legacy of the event
![A group of people, many wearing LA28 shirts, pose for a photo in front of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/LA28%20coliseum%20visit.jpg?h=be9125d9&itok=sj9L3yll)
LA28 on track to deliver “inspiring” Olympic and Paralympic Games
The LA28 Organising Committee gave updates on the progress of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games during a visit of the IOC's Coordination Commission, which included IPC President Andrew Parsons and Chief Paralympic Games Delivery Officer Colleen Wrenn
Wheelchair curler accepts six-month ban for anti-doping rule violation
Matter resolved by agreement after the IPC appealed to the CAS against a first instance national-level decision
![Local star and Tokyo 2020 Paralympic gold medallist Ayoub Sadni will aim at improving his time that made him Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion in the men’s 400m T47, at home.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Morocco%27s%20Ayoub%20Sadni.jpg?h=39b499f0&itok=0iK_CxXJ)
Morocco hosts first-ever GP led by Paralympic champions
Grand Prix series returns to Africa with plenty of Tokyo 2020 champions in action in the three-day event in Marrakech
![A male in a wet suit stands on the ocean shore, his feet in the water.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Amphibian%20Namibian%20Nasilowski%201.jpg?h=514af358&itok=x4D5NfTK)
From pool to ocean, "Amphibian Namibian" is swimming with a mission
Gideon Nasilowski, who represented Namibia at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, is on a mission to swim between Robben Island and Cape Town in South Africa to prove that there is no challenge he cannot overcome
![Female Para ice hockey players wearing Great Britain jerseys form a line on the rink.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Green%20Bay%20GB.jpg?itok=wqmMWEeq)
Great Britain sets example in opening Para ice hockey to more female players
Great Britain launched the women's Para ice hockey programme last year and coach Peggy Assinck hopes that other countries will follow suit
![Action from Kosice 2022](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Kosice%202022.jpg?h=08ca8e6c&itok=IAKqNunI)
Kasicka leads hosts to the top at Kosice 2022
Slovakian dazzles with four golds as hosts ends on top; Italy and Ukraine also shine in final event ahead of next month's European Championships
![a female wheelchair tennis player hits a forehand](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-09/Diede-de-Groot-US-Open.jpg?h=c4341898&itok=nc2ZZXf5)
De Groot wins US Open to follow Golden Slam with calendar Grand Slam
De Groot: “This is something that nobody’s ever done and no one’s ever going to take that away from me”
![A graphic mockup of what Place de la Bastille will look like on Paralympic Day.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Paralympic%20Day%20Paris%202024%20mockup%202.jpg?itok=rzZqplcv)
Paralympic Day to take over Place de la Bastille on October 8
Paralympic Day will give visitors an opportunity to try Para sports and meet accomplished Para athletes
![A female wheelchair dancer with a red dress during a competition](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Bonn%202019%20-%20Helena%20Kasicka.jpg?itok=9aWjrmZU)
World Cup returns to Kosice as final test for Euros
World champion Kasicka to lead hosts Slovakia's challenge as 15 nations to fight for medals during two days of competition