PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![a male Para swimmer holds his bronze medal aloft](/sites/default/files/images/180214172126157_Moises%2BFuentes.jpg)
Paralympic medallists in action in Barranquilla
Record number of countries at Colombia's Athletics and Swimming Open
![wheelchair tennis players Shingo Kunieda and Diede de Groot playing a forehand and a backhand](/sites/default/files/images/181019091628751_Kunieda-De-Groot.jpg)
Wheelchair Tennis Masters: Entries announced
World’s best players confirmed for year-end tournament
![male Para table tennis player Yan Shuo plays a forehand](/sites/default/files/images/181019094227845_yan-shuo-jochen-wollmert.jpg)
Lasko-Cejle 2018: Favourites reach knockouts
Men’s class 1 sees biggest shock at Worlds so far
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Bridgestone becomes Worldwide Paralympic Partner
World’s largest tyre and rubber company signs deal through to 2024
![female Para table tennis player Natalia Partyka plays a forehand](/sites/default/files/images/181009085429881_PARTYKA%2BNatalia%2Bby%2BRemy%2BGros.jpg)
Lasko-Celje 2018: Top seeds succeed on day one
Para table tennis Worlds opens with group stages
![Participants of a Para dance sport introductory coaching course in Chinese Taipei](/sites/default/files/images/181018095452410_coaching-course-Taipei.jpg)
Para dance sport reaches the Baltics
Application open for introductory coaching course in Latvia
![two Para ice hockey players clash on the ice](/sites/default/files/images/180312075528105_USA%2Bbeat%2BCzech.jpg)
Ostrava to host 2019 World Championships
Para ice hockey tournament returns to Czech Republic ten years later
![Cameroon's powerlifter Maurice Francis Biwole Nkodo](/sites/default/files/images/181018144400999_Cameroon-powerlifting.jpg)
Para powerlifting develops in Africa
Educational courses for 12 countries delivered in Ethiopia
![Mariana D'Andrea | European Open Champion | Women's up to 67kg | Berck-Sur-Mer 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/LCkVgpvMazL_nlsvYCiVQVeQKJnkWmFab6dvvdDVaLw.jpg?itok=eNDacC_v)
Bogota 2018: 50 days to go
Americas’ best powerlifters to gather in Colombian capital city
![Highlights | World Shooting Para Sport | Lonato 2018](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/dwbEo5IpVQS2wndX_4sPg4T0TZiLoJD1kKZ2VBWrLKQ.jpg?itok=lFLuKj6G)
Lonato 2018: Four talking points
Italian city makes history with first Para trap World Championships