PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Two women posing, one of them in an electric wheelchair

Erina Chiba and Yuki Goto are first members of Japanese Paralympic broadcaster team

a male alpine skier and a female snowboarder

Alpine skier Mitchell Gourley and snowboarder Joany Badenhorst to lead team at Winter Paralympics

two men smile at the camera

German city is home to Paralympic Movement’s headquarters

a man and a woman smile at the camera

Israeli athletes share their experiences at Asian Pacific Congress in Tel Aviv

people enjoying Para sports

Thousands gather to play Para sports across the country

Woman wearing a hijab shooting a basketball in a wheelchair

Winners will qualify for the 2018 World Championships

Man in wheelchair and woman standing dancer dance

An array of freestyle performances leave lasting memories on final day of World Championships

Male wheelchair dancer bows

Ukraine takes five golds, including an emotional one from Ivan Sivak

two wheelchair tennis players on the court

Australian Open and two Super Series to take place within first four months of the year

Children from the Akasaka Elementary School pose for picture in a goalball court with representatives from the IPC, NPC Japan and Nippon Foundation

IPC President visited open lesson of the Agitos Foundation education programme