PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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World Para Powerlifting launches Webinar Series
Online courses to be hosted by world-leading experts in different languages across a wide range of topics
![British male wheelchair tennis player smiles holding trophy](/sites/default/files/2020-09/alfie-hewett-us-open.jpg)
Wheelchair tennis action returns at US Open
First Grand Slam takes place in Flushing Meadows since the Australian Open in late January
!["Sport has absolutely changed my life" | Riley Batt on Rising Phoenix | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/n-sQqUOjBzvXirdL6Kj1WUs88CZxurswaV1kJ8wGwh4.jpg?itok=ZUwqmuGH)
Ryley Batt pays homage to grandfather in Netflix’s Rising Phoenix
Australian wheelchair rugby superstar opens up about Pops' impact on him in film
![Male Japanese wheelchair rugby player holding a ball](/sites/default/files/2020-09/Seiya_Norimatsu_Cherie_Harris_IWRF.jpg)
With renewed expectations Japan’s Seiya Norimatsu looks to Tokyo
“Who would imagine myself to be on the Tokyo Paralympic stage?”
Wheelchair basketball athletes invited for global discussion on player engagement
"We are creating an exciting space for all wheelchair basketball athletes to feel valued, heard and respected"
![Ostrava 2021 World Para Ice Hockey A-Pool Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/wwADS25UsFaYT5gRQSvUb44DtIbftYXoquJxeGc5IeI.jpg?itok=Flvk1mNf)
World Championships return to Ostrava in 2021
Top five finishers in Czech Republic automatically qualify for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games
![A white vision impaired man and his guide celebrate holding the French flag](/sites/default/files/2020-09/timothee-adolphe-Bruno-Naprix.jpg)
Sprinter and hip-hop artist Timothee Adolphe preaches positivity
French Para athlete releases new single "La Banane"
![A picture of man showing his gold medal](/sites/default/files/images/120702120651811_82785664.jpg)
Athletes in numbers: Jonas Jacobsson
Swedish athlete is the most successful shooter in Paralympic Games' history
![A female wheelchair racer crossing the line on a blue track](/sites/default/files/2020-09/1270672677.jpg)
World champions back to competition mode
Hannah Cockroft, Brent Lakatos and Maya Nakanishi shine at National Championships in Great Britain and Japan
Angelica Bernal stays busy ahead of US Open
Colombian wheelchair tennis player lives her life with a view on the long-term, already planning the career she wants beyond sports