PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Five Para athletes have been shortlisted for the Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for May 2017](/sites/default/files/images/170601081725569_FotorCreated.jpg)
Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – May 2017
The public has until 8 June to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
![A Para ice hockey player celebrates a game win](/sites/default/files/images/170418125247210_Andrea%2BMacri%2BItaly.jpg)
Andrea Macri named Para ice hockey Athlete Representative
The Italian will serve as the athlete voice on the sport’s STC.
![Chuck Aoki](/sites/default/files/images/130908201943523_ChuckAoki.jpg)
Paris Grand Prix – Five things we learned
The French capital staged a World Para Athletics Grand Prix for the first time this week.
![A blade runner crossers the finish line ahead of her rivals.](/sites/default/files/images/150530173401478_475255114_0.jpg)
Five reasons to be interested: Nottwil Grand Prix
More than 200 of the world’s best athletes will be lining up in Switzerland.
Para trap approved as discipline
Developments for Technical and Classification Rules, as well as 2018 competition calendar are now in the works.
![Man in wheelchair tries to block another man in wheelchair playing basketball](/sites/default/files/images/170530154358535_Japan%2Bvs%2BKorea%2Bwheelchair%2Bbasketball.jpg)
Beijing to host Asia-Oceania wheelchair basketball qualifiers
Beijing to host Asia-Oceania wheelchair basketball qualifiers
![Germany's Johannes Floors celebrates winning the men's 4x100m T42-47 final during Doha 2015.](/sites/default/files/images/170531174704107_GettyImages-495101818.jpg)
Floors sets 100m T43 European record in Paris
Germany’s Johannes Floors goes under 11 seconds for the first time at an international competition in the 100m T43.
![France's Nantenin Keita celebrates victory in the women's 400m T13 final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170530230010447_GettyImages-607305510.jpg)
French athletes star at inaugural Paris Grand Prix
Nantenin Keita, Mandy Francois-Elie, Timothee Adolphe and Pierre Fairbank were amongst the winners in the French capital on Tuesday.
![The USA's David Blair in action during the men's discus F44 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.](/sites/default/files/images/160515113008818_GettyImages-493754872.jpg)
Workout Wednesday with the USA’s David Blair
The Paralympic discus champion walks us through his day as an athlete, database administrator and father of four.
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Tokyo 2020 parties agree basic roles and allocation of costs
The Paralympic Games in Tokyo will take place between 25 August and 06 September.