PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![female Para dancer Tomer Margalit hugging her twin](/sites/default/files/images/181115165014146_tomer-margalit.jpg)
Lomianki hosts world's best and newcomers at Polish Open 2022
Traditional event in Poland kicks off this year's World Para Dance Sport season with 52 athletes from 11 nations
![A female Para powerlifter lifting the bar](/sites/default/files/2022-06/52152071401_d6768f691e_c.jpg)
Pyeongtaek 2022: China kicks off with gold sweep in women's events
Samaneh Hoda Aghghaleh becomes first Iranian female powerlifter to compete in a World Para Powerlifting championships
![Six Para sailors race in the singles competition at Sydney 2000.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Para%20sailing%20Sydney%202000.jpg)
First Under-25 Para Sailing World Championship to take place in 2023
Braassemermeer, the Netherlands will host the inaugural event, originally scheduled to take place from 19-22 July 2022
![Jamaica's Alphanso Cunningham holds up his gold medal in the men's javelin throw F52/53 and waves with his other hand while posing for photos on the London 2012 podium.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Alphanso%20Cunningham%20medal%20London%202012.jpg)
Jamaica’s Paralympic champion Cunningham reinvents into master of multiple sports
Double Paralympic athletics champion still smiling, still competing and still winning… in three new sports
![A male swimmer kissing his hand in a pool](/sites/default/files/2022-06/GettyImages-1403299235.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Ami Omer Dadaon pulls plot twist on day of world records
Men's 50m freestyle S4 sees two records in one day on Thursday while Brazil's Santiago and USA's Smith take their fifth World Championships gold
![A female swimmer in a black cap swimming butterfly](/sites/default/files/2022-06/ANASTASIA%202.jpg)
Madeira 2022: Anastasia Pagonis repeats Tokyo with debut gold medal
US star wins her first ever World Championships race while Italy's Simone Barlaam breaks his own record helping Italy to reach 16 golds in four days
![Santiago 2023 representatives pose for a group photo after announcing the Games venues.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Santiago%202023%20venues%20announcement.jpg)
Santiago 2023 officially confirms sports venues
• The next Pan American and Parapan American Games will be held in four regions, 19 communities and 41 sports venues
![Manasi Joshi for It Starts With Sport series](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Jkp6HlAzbreFFnzz7BSYD763t7ASVUUSxN1Evl9TMrc.jpg?itok=0lHz7sbD)
Para badminton world champion Manasi Joshi on living life without limits
‘I wish every person with a disability gets the benefit of sport, like it has given me'
![Robyn Lambird smiles as she holds up her bronze medal during a medal ceremony at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/2022-06/Robyn%20Lambird%20Australia%20Tokyo%202020%20bronze.jpg)
Pride Month: Robyn Lambird on making history and being in the spotlight
‘It’s only now, reflecting back, I can see the importance of telling my story and being visible in order to open the sport up to more people’