PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Egypt hosts first World Series in Africa to close 2023 season
Local star Kahil switches back to the pool to wrap up the year with a major test ahead of the Games in Paris as Cairo welcomes 74 athletes from 13 nations
![The four awards given to the recipients of the inaugural IPC Classification Recognition Awards that were announced in Cairo.](/sites/default/files/2023-11/inaugural_IPC_Classification_awards.jpg)
Recipients of the inaugural IPC Classification Recognition Awards revealed
Four individuals from Canada, Germany, New Zealand, and Norway recognised for their significant contribution to the growth and development of classification in the Paralympic Movement
![Egypt classification code meeting](/sites/default/files/2023-11/ff70ae03-f04e-4ad3-9ca2-9d1f6dfa6068%20%281%29.jpeg)
Classification Code review milestone reached at IPC’s Annual Classification Meeting
The three-day long 2023 classification meeting in Cairo, Egypt, focused on discussion related to the draft IPC Classification Code as the final consultation phase comes to a close
![Correos de Chile created stamps specifically for the Pan American and Parapan American games.](/sites/default/files/2023-11/chile2023.jpg)
Santiago 2023 Parapan American Games: Another big stop in the road to Paris 2024
Almost 2000 athletes from the entire Americas region will battle for medals, records and, in several sports, qualifications for the Paralympics next year
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World champion Ahmed leads hosts’ domination at Cairo 2023 World Cup
Home team Egypt collected 14 gold medals with top powerlifters Ahmed, Elmenyawy and Elelfat emerging winners during the three-day competition
![A male swimmer with a disability in his right arm in a swimming pool](/sites/default/files/2023-11/Alberto%20Abarza%20Chile%20Madeira%202022.jpg)
European Open Championships to return to Madeira in 2024
Portuguese island will host one of the most important Para swimming events in the lead up to the Paralympic Games from 21 to 27 April next year
![A female wheelchair racer crossing the finish line in a street marathon](/sites/default/files/2023-11/Catherine%20Debrunner%20NYC%20Marathon%202023.jpg)
Catherine Debrunner and Marcel Hug set records at 2023 New York City Marathon
Swiss wheelchair racers dominate the event with Debrunner setting new course record in her debut and Hug making history with his sixth victory
![Reigning world champion Rehab Ahmed will hope to continue her gold medal winning show at home in the Cairo 2023 World Cup.](/sites/default/files/2023-11/Egypt%27s%20Rehab%20Ahmed%20will%20hope%20to%20continue%20her%20gold%20medal%20winning%20show%20at%20home%20in%20the%20Cairo%202023%20World%20Cup.%20.jpg)
World medallists gather for Cairo 2023 World Cup
Paralympic and reigning world champion Ahmed will lead the home challenge in absence of Osman as 62 lifters from 11 nations to vie for glory
![Zanele Situ Gold medal winner from South Africa in Sidney 2000](/sites/default/files/2023-11/javelin.jpg)
IPC mourns passing of pioneering South African athlete Zanele Situ
At the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games, she became the first black South African female athlete to win a Paralympic gold medal
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Kenyan athlete Rodgers Kiprop receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para athletics athlete returned an adverse analytical finding out-of-competition in June for the administration of an anabolic androgenic steroid