PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Official logo of the Lima 2019 Parapan American Games](/sites/default/files/images/161026094922532_Lima%2B2019%2Blogo.jpg)
Lima 2019 launches mascot design competition
The Peruvian capital city will host the biggest Parapan American Games ever, with a record 1,850 athletes competing in 17 sports, two more than at Toronto 2015.
Motivation remains alive for Ryley Batt
The Australian wheelchair rugby team have won it all, and they are still hungry for more.
![A series of Para sport shooters take aim on the shooting range](/sites/default/files/images/170224142052261_Al%2BAin%2BWorld%2BCup.jpg)
India claim two podiums at shooting World Cup
Pooja Agarwal and 15-year-old Avani Lekhara make a splash on their international debuts in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Vadovicova sets new world record at World Cup
The Slovakian Paralympic silver medallist broke the world record of China’s Paralympic champion Cuiping Zhang in R8 (women’s 50m rifle three positions SH1).
![people playing boccia](/sites/default/files/images/170223104701547_boccia-match.jpg)
IPC President meets Tokyo Governor for boccia match
Sir Philip Craven and IPC colleagues joined forces to play Tokyo Governor Koike and other representatives of Tokyo Metropolitan Government.
![Japan's Prime Minister Abe chats with IPC President Sir Philip Craven and IPC CEO Xavier Gonzalez during a meeting in February 2017.](/sites/default/files/images/170223021858918_Prime%2BMinister%2BAbe.jpg)
IPC President praises Japan’s adoption of universal design
Sir Philip Craven met with Prime Minister Abe on Wednesday in Tokyo as the two discussed preparations for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
![Manuela Schaer of Switzerland competes in the 800 meter - T54 Round 1 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170223084945909_Manuela%2BSchaer.jpg)
Schaer aims to put rollercoaster year behind her in Tokyo
The Swiss T54 wheelchair racer lines-up in Sunday’s marathon in the host city of the next Paralympic Games.
![British Olympic track and field athlete Roald Bradstock](/sites/default/files/images/170223091916279_Roald%2BIPC.jpg)
Paralympic values promoted through art
‘Art of the Olympians’ is a platform where Olympians and Paralympians can show their creative side, express themselves and document their involvement in the arts.
![Paralympian Emma Foy, silver and bronze medallist at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170223093641182_emma%2Bfoy%2Bgetty.jpg)
Paralympian Emma Foy takes time out
The Rio 2016 cycling medallists is taking time off to focus on a law degree and other areas in her life.
![Carla Qualtrough was appointed Canada's Minister for Sport and Persons with Disabilities in November 2015.](/sites/default/files/images/151104180811549_Carla.jpg)
Canadian Paralympic Hall of Famers named
Carla Qualtrough and Karolina Wisniewska are among the five to be inducted into the class of 2017