PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Lucas Mazur - Badminton - France

The Swiss veteran and French teenage sensation look to be in Tokyo where Para badminton will debut at the Paralympics.

Amanda Dennis USA in action during the Goalball Women's Preliminary Group C match between the United States of America and Brazil at Future Arena

Following their Rio 2016 success, the men and women’s national teams took a little time to begin training for the next Paralympics.

Logo of the Agitos Foundation

The Worldwide Paralympic Partner of the International Paralympic Committee is supporting National Paralympic Committees to improve their organisational capacity.

Woman in racing wheelchair crossing a finish line, celebrating

The first Canadian Paralympian to win gold in two different summer sports will now focus fully on politics.

Amarilla Veres - Wheelchair fencing - Hungary

Known for loud celebrations, Hungary’s Amarilla Veres is planning to give the home crowd plenty to shout about.

Female wheelchair basketball player Mariska Beijer fighting with another player for the ball

The Rio 2016 bronze medallists defeated Australia to open their campaign toward Tokyo 2020.

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Thirty young swimmers and track and field athletes, and their coaches, will take part in a training session in Bogota, Colombia.

Keiichi Kimura of Japan swims the Men's 100m Breaststroke SB11 final during the Paralympic Swimming Tournament

The group’s main focus was the technical and administrative components of classification as well as recertification for classifiers.

Day 5 Highlights: 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships, Finsterau

As the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships near their end, the hosts of the 2019 edition came to the fore.

Chris Vos of the Netherlands, Reinhold Schett of Austria and Mark Mann of the USA at the IPC Snowboard Europa Cup in Landgraaf, the Netherlands.

The US snowboarder won the men’s SB-LL1 over the reigning gold and silver medallists.