PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Marlou van Rhijn shares with us her three favourite tunes.](/sites/default/files/images/160425094301695_marlou.jpg)
Music Monday with the Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn
The 24-year-old is the fastest female blade runner on earth but what sort of music does the Dutch athlete listen to?
![Tokyo 2020 emblems](/sites/default/files/2021-07/Tokyo%202020%20emblem.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 unveils emblems of 2020 Games inspired by traditional Japanese motif
The final design was selected following an open competition.
Australia make history at Qualification Regatta
Australia qualified a boat in the LTA mixed coxed four for the first time, while China dominated the Regatta.
![Daniel Dias](/sites/default/files/images/160425092414200_daniel%2Bdias.jpg)
Brazil, Dias, add to Brazilian Test Event medal total
The hosts of September’s Paralympic Games leave the Olympic Aquatics Stadium with 66 podium finishes.
![Bill Chaffey](/sites/default/files/images/130916090655964_Bill%2BChaffey.jpg)
Australian para-triathlon trio move closer to team nomination
Bill Chaffey, Kate Doughty and Brant Garvey all found success at the World Para-Triathlon Event in Penrith.
![Paralympic Sport A-Z: Archery](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/GoMxgCvttLkqLxmZlCA7w39VVt-_OwwKSpzNORFjq4A.jpg?itok=0UaUt94P)
Sport week: Introduction to para-archery
Here is a brief overview of the sport that has appeared in every Paralympics.
![Group shot of 34 people outside a building. It's snowing](/sites/default/files/images/160425141744275_Ostersund.jpg)
Organisations agree ‘Ostersund Declaration’ to strengthen winter para-sport
Representatives of National Paralympic Committees, National and International Federations and IPC sports agree a number of measures.
![China's Jin Zheng celebrates winning the women's 1500m T11 final during the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160424141425656_GettyImages-494337094.jpg)
Zheng smashes world record at London Marathon
The T11 distance runner took more than 13 minutes off the previous best during the IPC Athletics Marathon World Cup.
![Russia's Alexey Bychenok competes in the 800m T54 race during the 2015 ParAthletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.](/sites/default/files/images/160424075739250_GettyImages-475232118.jpg)
Russia’s Bychenok completes a hat-trick of wins in Beijing
The biathlon world champion from 2015 is making a name for himself on the track in 2016 after a hat-trick of wins at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.
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GSD names Paralympian Candace Cable as ambassador
Nine-time Paralympian Candace Cable joins The Foundation for Global Sports Development as they connect youth with positive sport experiences.