PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Germany
Europeans aiming at going beyond their highest finish at the World Championships A-Pool, the fifth place in 2008
![The Citi Para Swimming World Series Berlin 2023 gave ample of proof of the level of competition and swimmers' form ahead of the all-important Worlds.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Berlin.jpg)
World records galore as Berlin World Series sets the tone for Manchester 2023
Paralympic stars including Italy's Simone Barlaam produce amazing show as 19 world records* were broken in the four-day competition
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Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Italy
The host of the next Winter Paralympics has never finished higher than fifth or lower than seventh at the World Championships
![A female athlete smiles for a photograph while holding a gold medal with her right hand and a bouquet with her left hand.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Luca%20Ekler%2C%20Hungary%2C%20Tokyo%202020%201.jpg)
Meet Hungary's Paralympic champion Ekler, the university teacher boosting Para sports
Luca Ekler, who won the women’s long jump T38 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, says finding Para athletics was ‘a dream come true’
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Moose Jaw 2023: World Championships competition schedule announced
Tournament will take place on Canadian ice for first time featuring defending Paralympic and world champions USA and other top seven-ranked teams
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IPC suspension of NPC Russia and Belarus to go back before General Assembly
Both NPCs were suspended by the IPC membership at an Extraordinary General Assembly in November 2022
![Italy's Monica Contrafatto (left), Ambra Sabatini (centre) and Martina Caironi celebrate their triple podium at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Italy.jpg)
All eyes on Jesolo with Paris 2023 Worlds lurking
Paralympic stars, including local star Sabatini, will be among the favourites as they lead a field of 496 athletes from 65 nations in the three-day Grand Prix
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Five tips to get started in Para alpine skiing from Paralympic champion Pedersen
Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Jesper Pedersen of Norway encourages people to take up Para alpine skiing with a smile and to believe that the sky is the limit
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IPC praises French Government’s push to improve rights of persons with disabilities
Amongst a range of measures by the French Government will be a EUR 1.5 billion investment into accessibility
![Home favourite Taliso Engel was only 17 years old when he became world champion in London 2019 and repeated the feat at the Madeira 2022 Worlds.](/sites/default/files/2023-05/Taliso%20Engel%20-%20Germany%20.jpg)
World Series lands in Berlin with record number of participants
Headlined by Paralympic and world stars including local star Engel, the Berlin 2023 will have biggest field of 420 athletes from 51 nations in the World Series