PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A closeup of a male tennis player as he plays a backhand during a wheelchair tennis tournament.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Kunieda%20Wimbledon%202022.jpg)
Kunieda targeting ninth US Open and calendar Grand Slam history
• Diede de Groot on a quest for her fifth successive US Open title with the added challenge of the expanded draw
![Three shooters in wheelchairs competing in an indoor shooting range](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Lima%202021%20World%20Cup06.jpg)
Lima to host World Championships in 2023
Competition will be held in the Americas for the first time in the venue where shooting Para sport made its Parapan American Games debut in 2019
![A blind football player in a blue jersey competes for the ball against a player in a white jersey at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Japan%20blind%20football.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Blind football league launched a year after Games
Players and officials pin high hopes on new league after Japan made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo
![A male athlete jumps over the bar in a stadium full of spectators.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Canada%20Arnold%20Bouldt%20Barcelona.jpg)
30-year anniversary of Barcelona 1992: The Paralympic Movement then and now
The 1992 Paralympic Games were held in Barcelona between 3 and 14 September
![A male athlete riding a horse raises his left hand. He is accompanied by a woman wearing a red and white face mask.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Tobias%20Jorgensen.jpg)
Top 5 tips to get started in Para equestrian from rising star Jorgensen
Tobias Thorning Jorgensen, who won two gold medals at Tokyo 2020, encourages people to embrace the partnership with their horse and become a "nerd for the sport"
![Officials look at a miniature model of a city landscape while one man speaks in a microphone.](/sites/default/files/2022-09/Visit%20Coordination%20Commission%20Paris%202024.jpg)
Coordination Commission visit highlights optimisations as key to Paris 2024 progress
International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission describes the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games as "right on track" after a site visit to Paris
![Female Para ice hockey players on sleds celebrate in a circle.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/rsz_1dsc_0579.jpg)
Women's World Challenge 2022: Top six moments
From historic goals to newborn supporters and the best from three unforgettable game days at Green Bay’s Cornerstone Community Center in the USA
![Para ice hockey players hold sticks on the ice.](/sites/default/files/2022-08/Para%20ice%20hockey%20development%20camp%201.jpg)
IPC development camps support female hockey players before Women’s World Challenge
Athletes supported through the NPC Development Programme participated in the tournament in Green Bay, Wisconsin
![Coldplay Paraorchestra London 2012 Closing Ceremony](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/AH9BgXYrcouwNvfx1quI7VpTFY2dqjHx69o1woRGhlg.jpg?itok=3eK47lxM)
Paraorchestra thriving 10 years on from London 2012 launch alongside Coldplay
A decade after playing their first ever gig in front of millions and with one of the world’s biggest bands, the Paraorchestra has evolved into a distinctive, modern and hugely popular phenomenon