PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Jacky Hunt-Broersma runs along a sandy trail in Arizona with a mountain backdrop.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/jacky%20hunt%20broersma%20marathon%20runner.jpg)
Record-breaker Hunt-Broersma will ‘never stop’… unless her other leg ‘falls off’
The South African-born amputee has recently completed 104 marathons in 104 consecutive days
![A male Para swimmer competing in a backstroke event](/sites/default/files/2022-05/GettyImages-1336992507.jpg)
Santiago 2023 Para swimming medal programme announced
A total of 148 medal events will be held in the first edition of the Parapan American Games to take place in Chile from 17 to 26 November next year
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Paris GP to have record participation
The fourth edition of the competition will welcome more than 750 athletes from 57 countries to the French capital in June
![Brad Snyder - It Starts With Sport](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/aJisvfx6fGvpYWj8FlUTzwQrjPIY6VK9yGhv18X8_mY.jpg?itok=lnvkMbZU)
From diffusing bombs to winning races: How Brad Snyder found new life in Para sports
‘Dream big. You don’t know what is possible for you until you try,’ says six-time Paralympic champion
IPC makes EUR 1 million of grants available to NPCs for sport development
NPCs will be able to apply for funding until 5 June 2022 in three grant areas
![USA and Canadian players clash during a gold medal match in the second Women’s International Para Ice Hockey Cup held in Ostrava, Czech Republic.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/para%20ice%20hockey%20women%20female%20training%20camp%20agitos%202.jpg)
Citi becomes founding partner of new PARA SPORT programme
• Citi to help grow select Para sports through 2024
![Representatives of the International Paralympic Committee and International Disability Alliance celebrate winning International Campaign of the Year award.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/wethe15%20award%20sport%20industry%20london%202022-crop2.jpg)
WeThe15 named International Campaign of the Year at 2022 Sport Industry Awards
The latest victory at the 2022 Sport Industry Awards takes the total number of major international awards that WeThe15 has won to eight
![Australia's Janine Watson and Japan's Shoko Ota face each other as they adjust their helmets, preparing for their repechage match.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Para%20taekwondo%20Tokyo%202020%20shoko%20ota%20janine%20watson%20.jpg)
Para taekwondo makes step towards equity at European Championships in Manchester
Decision to hold the Para Taekwondo and Taekwondo European Championships concurrently hails a new era in Para sports
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Boccia trailblazer Aziz looks for African breakthrough in sport
• The Johannesburg 2022 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships take place from 16-23 May
![A Para powerlifter sitting on the bench with two other men wearing masks and tying the legs of the athlete sitting on the bench.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Tbilisi.jpg)
Regional Championships: All you need to know!
Pyeongtaek, South Korea, is hosting the first out of four World Para Powerlifting Regional Championships in 2022 starting on 15 June