PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![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/2023-03/William%20Ellard%206%20%282%29.jpg)
Great Britain, Brazil dominate the pool 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
![Two male athletes posing for a photograph.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/CAN%20Nate%20Reich%2C%20NOR%20Skjalg%20Kongssund.jpg)
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/2023-03/Amos%20Ahiagah%20training%20Ghana%20Malawi.jpg)
Ghana's Amos Ahiagah busy 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 2023 Worlds
Sheffield hosts 311 athletes from 36 countries from Thursday to Sunday only 64km away from the home of this year's World Championships
![A woman in a wheelchair passes the Paralympic Flame through a torch to another woman, also holding a torch.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Sue%20Masham%20Eva%20Loeffler.jpeg)
IPC saddened by the passing of British Paralympic pioneer Sue Masham
The British Paralympian Baroness Sue Masham of Ilton spent a lifetime improving the lives of people with disabilities and was a champion, campaigner, and ambassador for disability rights
![A banner of the Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships and its sponsor Citi](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Official%20Partner_1920x1080_citi_Draft%2002%5B49%5D%5B66%5D%5B17%5D.jpg)
Citi announced as sponsor of Manchester 2023 Para Swimming World Championships
Biggest Para swimming event outside of the Paralympics, Worlds will take place at newly refurbished Manchester Aquatics Centre from 31 July to 6 August
![A smiling male athlete holds up a silver medal and bouquet of flowers during a medal ceremony.](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Jeroen%20Kampschreur%20podium%20Beijing%202022.jpg)
Kampschreur aiming to stand on more Paralympic podiums after special walk in Beijing
Painful second-place finish at Beijing 2022 topped by memorable medal ceremony: 'I made a promise to myself – and I spread it so I would have to do it – that if I reached the podium, I was going to walk on the podium just to prove that I can do it'
![An armless man putting his tongue out of his mouth in celebration next to a swimming pool](/sites/default/files/2023-03/Gabriel%20Araujo_Lignano%20World%20Series.jpg)
Gabriel Araujo leads Brazil to the top of medals table in Lignano Sabbiadoro
Second Citi Para Swimming World Series of the season sees 10 new world records* set in four days of competition in Italy
Beijing 2022 one year on: Chinese medallists remember golden moments
The Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games were held between 4 and 13 March 2022 and featured more than 550 Para athletes. Hosts China topped the medals standings with 61 medals – 18 gold, 20 silver and 23 bronze