PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A woman in a red top jumping at the stadium with both of her hands in the air.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/EKLER_HUN_PH%20Massimo%20Bertolini__DSC5878.jpg)
Outstanding Ekler and Sabatini shatter world records in Jesolo
Italian athletes break one world and eleven national records as the World Para Athletics Grand Prix season makes a stop in Jesolo from 6 to 8 May
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Nigerian athlete receives ban for committing an anti-doping rule violation
Ifeanyichukwu Christian Madubuike will be ineligible for competition for three years from 23 April 2021 to 22 April 2024
![Sadeck Waff Paris 2024 handover video](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/irx9c2wCMtICLnRRdj8V6Z76HPKG4NRq4nxuZTxwq20.jpg?itok=kB_YtIqD)
Behind the scenes of the Paris 2024 handover dance one year since its making
One week, 128 dancers, nine wheelchairs, sign language and a bionic arm: Learn the story behind the dance that stunned the world
![Three medals, gold, silver and bronze, are featured on a black background, each medal having a unique embossed design that symbolises an aerial map of the host region's road and canal network.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Birmingham-2022-Commonwealth-Games-medals.jpg)
Birmingham 2022 unveils medals for Commonwealth Games
An all-female team designed the medals for the major multi-sport event, which will include more medal events for women than men for the first time ever
![A female athlete with her left leg amputated above the knee running on the track in front of two other female athletes.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Ambra%20Sabatini%20-%20MM4_1102.jpg%20-%20ph%20Marco%20Mantovani.JPG)
Sabatini ready for new challenges with a 200m debut in Jesolo
Italian city is hosting its second World Para Athletics Grand Prix with athletes from 27 nations competing from Friday to Sunday (6-8 May)
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Tokyo 2020 unveils one-year anniversary emblem
Emblems created for the first anniversary of the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games are part of the Tokyo 2020 Games One Year Anniversary Commemorative Project
![A woman in a racing wheelchair holding the Swiss flag with a smile on her face.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/rsz_gettyimages-1337799388.jpg)
Grand Prix 2022 season update: Nottwil to host the third GP stop
The Swiss city is hosting the second Grand Prix event in May after Jesolo, Italy, taking on the stage from 6 to 8 May
![Adrianne Haslet and Shalane Flanagan wear matching beige and purple outfits as they run along the bay during training for the 2022 Boston Marathon.](/sites/default/files/2022-05/Haslet%20Flanagan%20training.jpg)
Boston Marathon survivor Haslet marks ninth anniversary with unforgettable finish
Former ballroom dancer completes Boston Marathon nine years after losing her left leg in the terrorist bombings
![Philip Raabe leans over Birgit Skarstein, taking her and her wheelchair into a dip, as they perform a touching contemporary dance on Norway's SKal vi Danse.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/birgit%20skarstein%20dance%20norway.jpg)
Moves like a Paralympian: Athletes who dazzled the world on the dance floor
More than a dozen Paralympic medallists have taken part in TV dance competitions around the globe
![Japan's Eiko Kakehata releases the ball to the ground, fingers outstretched, as she shoots during her team's semifinal match against Team Brazil at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/kakehata%20goalball%20women%20japan%20semifinal.jpg)
IBSA World Games 2023 on the way to Birmingham
The international games for blind and partially sighted athletes will be held from 18-27 August 2023