PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Postcard from the Faroes: Vatnhamar's journey as country's only athlete at Tokyo 2020
Marathon runner Havard Vatnhamar only athlete to fly the Faroe Islands flag at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic or Olympic Games
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Wheelchair tennis great Kunieda talks about past, present and future after retirement
Shingo Kunieda’s incredible wheelchair tennis career included winning four gold medals across five Paralympic Games. After retiring from the sport, he is tackling new challenges in the pool
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The IPC scientific knowledge-share conference to take place in Egypt
Egyptian Paralympic Committee to host the conference in Cairo, with the theme of “Developing Para sport: inclusion, transformation, and performance”
![Athletes raise and wave French flags on stage as audience members clap.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-09/Paris%202024%20athletes%20return.jpg?h=9c4f91a7&itok=Q5TUk_MG)
Paris 2024 opens applications for volunteer programme
The volunteer application period opens on Wednesday, 22 March and closes on 3 May 2023, and is open to applicants from around the world
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Female players take spotlight in wheelchair rugby
The 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship featured a record number of female athletes. This month, an international women’s tournament saw more than 40 athletes from 10 countries, opening a new chapter in the sport
![Sixteen-year-old William Ellard smashed his personal best in the men’s 100m freestyle S14 race for his first-ever World Series gold medal.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-03/William%20Ellard%206%20%282%29.jpg?itok=RKzNHxRp)
World Series 2023: Great Britain, Brazil dominate in Sheffield
Gomes Santiago and Araujo set two world records* each as Brazil and the hosts collect 15 out of 24 golds in the third leg of Citi Para Swimming World Series
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Inaugural Classification Compliance and Oversight Committee plans for the future
New chairperson is intellectual impairment specialist Professor Jan Burns, who praised the work of former Classification Committee chair Anne Hart
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Paralympic champion Riech meets and races Kongssund, a teenage runner he inspired
Nate Riech received a message four years ago from 13-year-old Skjalg Kongssund, an aspiring Para runner from Norway. This month, at the Dubai 2023 World Para Athletics Grand Prix, they competed in the same race and even shared the podium
![Five African athletes train, doing upward kicks, on an indoor track.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-03/Amos%20Ahiagah%20training%20Ghana%20Malawi.jpg?h=7d06175b&itok=_JpftVOm)
Ghana's Amos Ahiagah running, cutting hair and making brother's dreams come true
The 19-year-old balances a life of training and working in a barbershop in the hopes of making his siblings and country proud
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World Series lands in Great Britain for major test ahead of Worlds
Sheffield hosts 311 athletes from 36 countries from Thursday to Sunday only 64km away from the home of this year's World Championships