PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Australia's Janine Watson and Japan's Shoko Ota face each other as they adjust their helmets, preparing for their repechage match.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Para%20taekwondo%20Tokyo%202020%20shoko%20ota%20janine%20watson%20.jpg)
Para taekwondo makes step towards equity at European Championships in Manchester
Decision to hold the Para Taekwondo and Taekwondo European Championships concurrently hails a new era in Para sports
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Boccia trailblazer Aziz looks for African breakthrough in sport
• The Johannesburg 2022 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships take place from 16-23 May
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Regional Championships: All you need to know!
Pyeongtaek, South Korea, is hosting the first out of four World Para Powerlifting Regional Championships in 2022 starting on 15 June
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Uzbekistan's Iskandar Tursunbaev receives ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned adverse analytical finding both out-of-competition and in-competition in 2021
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World Para Swimming mourns the passing of Denys Dubrov
Ukrainian Para swimmer was a four-time Paralympic champion and took three medals at last year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo
![Andrea Lanfri steps on a rock as he adjusts his right prosthetic leg, with a bright orange tent on his right and heavy fog surrounding him.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/andrea%20lanfri%20italy%20climber%20climbing%20everest.jpg)
No peak out of reach for Para climber Lanfri
The 35-year-old is close to becoming the first Italian multi-amputee to scale the world's tallest mountain
![Brazil's Monique Oliveira laughs as she surfs a wave at Barra beach.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Monique%20Oliveira%20surfing%20Brazil%20cerebral%20palsy.jpg)
ISA World Para Surfing Championship to return to California in 2022
International Surfing Association, AmpSurf and Pismo Beach set to host the 2022 championship from 4-11 December
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IPC launches PARA SPORT programme to grow awareness and participation in Para sport
• PARA SPORT’s narrative, “It Starts With Sport,” shows the value of sport through three core elements: awareness, community and freedom
![Alice Tai smiles as she holds up a bear mascot and her gold medal from the women's 100m freestyle S8 at the London 2019 World Para Swimming Championships.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Alice%20Tai%20London%202019%20worlds%20mascot%20medal.jpg)
Eight-time world champion Tai on the transformative power of Para sport
'Go for it. The freedom of sport and how enlightening it can be is something which everyone deserves to experience in their life, regardless of their abilities.'
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Ten-year-old Ruf on track to continue great Swiss wheelchair racing tradition
Child prodigy and Marcel Hug's training ground partner proves it is never too early to take up Para sports.