PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A male Para taekwondo athlete pumps his fist with his helmet off.

Garcia Lopez’s award caps remarkable path to parity for Para taekwondo

Para taekwondo continued its remarkable path to parity with able-bodied taekwondo in November as Mexico’s Juan Diego Garcia Lopez and his coach Jannet Alegria picked up the most prestigious awards at the Pan American Taekwondo Union’s Gala Awards – in competition with able-bodied athletes – to cap a stunning year for the Paralympic champion

A group of people waving from a stadium stand

Paris 2023: Call for volunteers!

Nearly 2,000 volunteers across 15 different functional areas will be mobilised to help organise the event in the French capital