PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A friend guides a blind girl, both in basketball uniforms, across a basketball court in a packed stadium.](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Jules%20Hoogland1.jpeg)
Star of viral basketball video delighted to help change perceptions with amazing shot
Blind schoolgirl Jules Hoogland thrills online millions by coolly slotting a free throw
![Japanese male wheelchair tennis player does backhand return](/sites/default/files/2021-07/shingo-kunieda-wimbledon.jpg)
Kunieda targets career's first calendar Grand Slam as Wimbledon tournament begins
Twenty-four players set to compete on Wimbledon's grass courts when the wheelchair tennis tournament begins on 7 July
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Seven Paralympians honoured with invite to Wimbledon’s Royal Box
Tokyo 2020 and Beijing 2022 champions were among the distinguished guests at Wimbledon 2022
![Image of a male Para swimmer in the podium with his gold medal and his flowers](/sites/default/files/2022-07/Tokyo%202020-Buda%20Mendes_Getty%20Images.jpg)
Mexico to host World Series for first time
Series will travel to Latin America in October this year with Tijuana receiving the final stop of the 2022 season
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Paralympic podcast "A Winning Mindset" wins at Digiday Media Awards Europe
This is the fourth international award for the Podcast, which recently wrapped up its second season
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Fleur Jong settles historic mark in Leverkusen
Dutch athlete becomes the first woman with prosthetic legs to run the 100m in less than 12.50 during meeting in Germany
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Pickett on USWNT cap: “I feel blessed to represent for all limb difference people”
The 28-year-old defender became the first player with a limb difference to play on the US Women’s National Team when she laced up against Colombia this week
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World's best return to Leverkusen
Germany club welcomes 99 athletes from 10 countries across Africa, Asia and Europe at the 2022 Para Leichtathletik Heimspiel
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IPC Board Member among four Paralympic inductees of USOPC's new Hall of Fame class
Muffy Davis, Trischa Zorn-Hudson, David Kiley and the 2002 Paralympic ice hockey team were inducted into the USOPC Hall of Fame in June 2022
Tunis 2022 Grand Prix sees renewed rivalries and French clean sweep
Local Paralympic star Raoua Tlili beats Morocco’s Youssra Karim for gold as Yasser Musanganya leads triple podium for World Championships hosts