PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Keiichi Kimura stands on the top of the podium at Tokyo 2020 following his gold medal performance](/sites/default/files/2021-12/Keiichi-Kimura.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 launches Podium Legacy Project
Games podiums to be donated to schools and communities which hosted Tokyo 2020 competition venues
![A male wheelchair dancer dressed in black dancing together with a standing woman in a pink dress](/sites/default/files/2023-06/dance%20online.jpg)
Mexico dominates second Online Challenge
Sixty-five Para dancers from 12 countries take part in the new edition of the virtual competition launched by World Para Dance Sport in 2021
![Jetze Plat - Marcel Hug - Shingo Kunieda - Paralympic Sport Awards](/sites/default/files/2021-12/IPC_Best%20Male%20Athlete%20Nominees_16x9%20v1-1_1.jpeg)
2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Male Debut nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
![Ambra Sabatini, Avani Lekhara and Leani Ratri Oktila shortlisted for Best Female Debut](/sites/default/files/2021-12/IPC_Best%20Female%20Debut%20Nominees_16x9%20v1.jpeg)
2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Female Debut nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
![Great Britain wheelchair rugby - Iran - USA - sitting volleyball](/sites/default/files/2021-12/IPC_Best%20Team%20Nominees_16x9%20v1.jpeg)
2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Team nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
![Best Male Debut - 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards](/sites/default/files/2021-12/IPC_Best%20Male%20Debut%20Nominees_16x9%20v1.jpeg)
2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Male nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
![Sarah Storey - Diede de Groot - Susana Rodriguez - 2021 Paralympic Sport Awards](/sites/default/files/2021-12/IPC_Best%20Female%20Athlete%20Nominees_16x9%20v1.jpeg)
2021 Paralympic Sport Awards: Best Female nominees
Awards recognising achievements at Tokyo 2020 will be presented on 16 December
![A man without an arm skiing in a Para alpine skiing competition](/sites/default/files/2021-12/MitchGourley-KranjskaGora.jpg)
Big stars return to global stage as World Cup season kicks off in Steinach am Brenner
Mix of speed and technical races to test skiers with athletes making come back after lengthy absence as the 2021-22 World Cup opens in Austria
![A man looking up and standing in front of a bench press in a Para powerlifting](/sites/default/files/2021-12/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-11-30%20at%2012.38.08%20%281%29.jpeg)
Sherif Osman re-elected as World Para Powerlifting Athlete Liaison
Egypt's five-time world champion received 53 per cent of the votes in election which took place during the Tbilisi 2021 Worlds in Georgia
![A group of athletes from Ukraine, Chile and Colombia on a podium](/sites/default/files/2021-12/WhatsApp%20Image%202021-12-06%20at%2013.11.40.jpeg)
Tbilisi 2021: Chile takes final gold medal with Mixed Team triumph
Camila Campos, Jorge Carinao and Juan Carlos Garrido lead South Americans to the top of the podium as World Championships concludes in Georgia