PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Fleur Jong during a training session at the Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam, Netherlands](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-11/fleur%20jong_long%20jump.jpg?itok=ROY-hUzi)
Fleur Jong to focus solely on her jumps for Tokyo 2020
'Everyone's getting better. So you can't just bet on two horses. That's just not smart. Then you're going to end up with nothing'
![Mascots of the 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-11/Beijing%202022%20.jpg?h=b32f06ed&itok=qXcz6M_J)
Joint decision on adapted sports testing programme for Beijing 2022
The programme will replace the organisation of a series of international test events originally planned for the first quarter of 2021
![Manuela Schär holds the Swiss flag and smiles to the camera](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-11/Manuela-Schar.jpg?h=2678b605&itok=LpFJzl_2)
IPC podcast: Schär solves ‘puzzle’ to success
Swiss wheelchair racer took years to finally perform at her peak, which involved having the right pieces to work with her
![Colombian male athlete sprinting on the track](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-11/julian-acosta.jpg?itok=3jXJp6c3)
IPC back launch of 'Sport for Development Coalition'
Several Public Development Banks join forces to use sport as a lever to sustainable development
![A leg amputee female Para alpine skier competing](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-11/GettyImages-477786431.jpg?h=75743db4&itok=F3otOmz3)
Skiing helps Pueyo picking tough post-sports career
After 15 years in Para alpine skiing, Spanish Paralympian is helping troubled teens get back on track
![Sho Inaba | Para equestrian | Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/MMpbYgp2SNsk8xLDRrcLAncRfZtKBH-9sY0jauluMkg.jpg?itok=i3Xuq6DJ)
Inaba has prelude for home Paralympics
“Despite doubt about my ability, I realised that I had nothing to lose, so I wanted to see how far I would be able to reach”
![Two men competing in sledges on a Para ice hockey game](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2020-11/IMG_6991%5B4%5D.jpg?h=f6df4aae&itok=XC1WrsAv)
Hargis: 'I look at two separate lives I’ve lived'
USA Army veteran reflects on the moment he chose to embrace his disability and discovered Para ice hockey
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Cattini believes in the transformational power of strength sports
Italy's Online World Cup finalist says Para powerlifting changed his life for the better ten years ago
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Kirwa to switch to marathon after Tokyo 2020
'I’m now 47. All sports people face this grim reality some time or the other. As years advance, focusing on one event would be good'