PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Genoa to host the 2020 European Championships
Competition to take place in Italy for the first time from 17-21 December
![Angolan Para athlete and teacher Esperanca Gicasso at school with her students](/sites/default/files/2020-06/Esperanca-Gicasso2.jpg)
Esperança Gicasso - the teacher who runs and inspires her pupils through sport
Angolan vision impaired athlete feels grateful for bp’s support on and off the track
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Tokyo 2020 announces Paralympic competition schedule
Line-ups released for 539 events across 22 sports at 21 venues
![Japanese judoka Haruka Hirose](/sites/default/files/2020-07/Haruka-Hirose.jpg)
Haruka Hirose finds motivation from wife ahead of home Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
Japanese judoka masters art of balancing 'spirit, technique and body'
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IWBF complete 97% of assessments ahead of Tokyo 2020
IPC has agreed to grant additional time to the IWBF to finish verifying the eligibility of all 4.0 and 4.5 sport class players set to compete at Tokyo 2020
Alexandr Glazkov shares joy through sport
Para cross-country skiing enthusiast becomes accessibility advocate and role model for a healthy lifestyle in Russia
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Lex Gillette: 'Don't give up on 2020'
The four-time Paralympic medallist spoke during Airbnb's Olympian & Paralympian Online Experiences
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Kurt Fearnley elected Vice Chairperson of IPC Athletes’ Council
Australian Paralympic champion takes on role in raising voices of the athlete community
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Different Para athletics generations meet on Ottobock Get Together
Heinrich Popow hosts U-17 world champion Ezra Frech and three-time Paralympic champion Brian Frasure on World Para Athletics Facebook
![Participants of BWF workshop have fun while trying Para badminton in Uganda](/sites/default/files/2019-07/20190421-Uganda-Para-Badminton-2019-ARS_5640.jpg)
IPC brings Para sport delivery programmes back in-house
Transition of the Agitos Foundation development arm into the IPC helps strengthen member support and pursuit of common goal to create inclusive world