PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![The foot and blade of an athlete in the Olympic Stadium track at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/1805911_0.jpg)
Tax break in France for Para sport ahead of Paris 2024
VAT on range of sport equipment for persons with disabilities reduced to 5.5%
![A female Para swimmer hanging on a rope with her left hand and the goggles off.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/rsz_1gettyimages-1336398596.jpg)
Tokyo champions to lead hosts USA as Indianapolis wraps up 2022 World Series
Fifth stop of the season will see around 150 athletes competing during three days in the last official competition event before the World Championships
World Para Dance Sport launches 2022 Online Competition
Participants have until end of April or May to submit their performances according to their categories.
![Mitchell Gourley (AUS) goes down the slopes at the Men’s Giant Slalom Standing at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/2030905_0.jpg)
Mitchell Gourley voted onto IPC Athletes’ Council
Australia’s Para alpine skier was elected to the IPC Athletes’ Council following election run-off
![A male swimmer in the starting block in a backstroke race](/sites/default/files/2022-04/GettyImages-1336789303.jpg)
Dutch delight as Rogier Dorsman smashes world record at Berlin 2022
Paralympic champion shines at the penultimate World Series of the season with Tanja Scholz and Verena Schott leading the host nation to the podium
![Team USA Para Ice Hockey players in full gear without helmets pointing with their sticks towards the top of the arena.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_gettyimages-1384738699.jpg)
Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Para Ice Hockey
The sport remained USA's territory with the fourth gold in a row, but the 2022 and 2026 host nations also left their mark
![A female Para swimming swimming breaststroke in a pool](/sites/default/files/2022-03/1804514.jpg)
Elena Semechin celebrates her 'small miracle' at Berlin World Series
Paralympic champion is the main star in the penultimate leg of the season with more than 450 athletes in action in the German capital
![Chinese Wheelchair Curling team members celebrate during one of their Beijing 2022 matches](/sites/default/files/2022-03/China-curling.jpg)
Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Wheelchair Curling
China cement their status on the world stage
![Indonesia's capital Jakarta hosted the last Asian Para Games in 2018 featuring 18 sports](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Indonesia%202018%20-%20Asian%20Paralympic%20Committee.jpg)
Aichi-Nagoya to host 2026 Asian Para Games
Around 4,000 athletes and team officials from the Asian Paralympic Committee's 44 member nations are expected to attend and 18 Para sports will be on the programme