PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Record 33 sports bid for LA28 Paralympic Games inclusion
• Initial decision on the LA28 Paralympic sport programme will be taken by the end of January 2023
Birmingham 2022: Hannah Cockroft eyes gold to complete medal set
Para athletics takes over Alexander Stadium with 10 medals up for grabs and local star hoping to make a new legacy 10 years after the London Paralympics
Para triathlete Goerlach overcomes fear of water to take bronze at Birmingham 2022
Australian athlete says he would rather swim with sharks than jump in a pool after traumatic experience of nearly drowning more than 30 years ago
Birmingham 2022: Alice Tai stuns the crowd, Katja Dedekind sets new world record
First three days of Para swimming action at the Commonwealth Games see young stars emerge and the farewell to a Paralympic legend
Second Phase of consultation goes live on the IPC Classification Code Review
• ‘Pivotal phase’ is seeking more targeted IPC Member feedback on key classification issues that emerged from Phase 1 of the Review and an initial working draft of the Code
Puncture ruins Weir's effort as Smith claims gold
Australia's De Rozario retains women’s marathon T53/54 title with Games record time
Friendship pushes boccia player Michel and assistant McClure to higher ground
Michel and his ramp assistant McClure certain their friendship will last a lifetime
Team bond and common playlist lead German football prodigy Kuester to Euro title
The recipe for the German team's European title: trust, ambition to win, and a shared playlist
Athlete Svetoslav Georgiev receives three-year ban for an anti-doping rule violation
Bulgarian Para Nordic skier returned an adverse analytical finding for a Prohibited Substance in competition in January
Marathons kick off the Para athletics action at Birmingham 2022
Men’s and women’s T53/T54 races open the Commonwealth Games programme with Weir leading the hosts and De Rozario going for another gold