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![Para swimmer Keiichi Kimura and Proud Paralympian Miki Matheson speak to 120 children at event in Tokyo](/sites/default/files/images/171130053725772_20171129_ITO_0291_2.jpg)
I’mPOSSIBLE open lesson marks 1,000 days until Tokyo 2020
More than 120 children attend Paralympic Movement education programme in Japan
![two male Para swimmer raise their arms on the podium](/sites/default/files/images/171128092034400_Lorenzo%2BNelson.jpg)
Mexico City 2017: Lorenzo Perez Escalona vs. Nelson Crispin
Latin American rivals ready to face each other again at a major competition
![Two female Para powerlifters](/sites/default/files/images/171128095828578_Bose%2BLili.jpg)
Mexico City 2017: Bose Omolayo vs. Xu Lili
Rio 2016 gold and silver medallists to battle again at World Championships
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Paris 2024 unveils Olympic and Paralympic Week dates
Week in 2018 will be first major event of Organising Committee
![two male wheelchari tennis players hold up a trophy between them](/sites/default/files/images/171128141436930_Lapthorne%2BWagner.jpg)
Wagner and Lapthorne battle to be world’s No. 1 quad player
Men’s and women’s singles also to be contested at Wheelchair Tennis Masters
![Person with a prosthetic leg practicing football as a goalkeeper](/sites/default/files/images/171128141923898_Jackson%2BFollmann.jpg)
Follmann looks to the future one year after Chapecoense crash
Former goalkeeper hoping to try Para swimming as he continues recovery
![a Para dance sport couple](/sites/default/files/images/171130113804915_Malle-177.jpg)
WDSA rebrands to Para Dance UK
Great Britain’s national governing body hopes name change will expand its reach
![Mexican brothers Raul and Juan Gutierrez made history on 21 March, by becoming the two first medal winners at the 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170321220718197_Sao%2BPaulo%2Bbrothers.jpg)
Mexico City 2017: Gutierrez brothers excited to compete on home soil
Raul and Juan Jose target success at the World Para Swimming Championships
![IPC Top 50 Moments of 2017: No 34](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/JQ8q04TpmB1A2KgCARu4Je_xNwp_xdQBUFy6mwi-FQM.jpg?itok=i3O3XtIw)
Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 34 - South Koreans kings of the courts
Dominant performances from Jungjun Kim and Sam Seop Lee at home Para badminton Worlds
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 35 – Lauro Chaman’s sensational speed
Brazilian cyclist leads from the start to wins men’s road race C5 at Worlds
![two male Para badminton players on the court](/sites/default/files/images/171127112643903_Jungjun%2BSeop.jpg)
Kim and Lee dominant at home Para badminton Worlds
South Koreans won respective singles titles before claiming doubles gold
![a group of Para skiers](/sites/default/files/images/171002093047643_alpine%2Bones%2Bto%2Bwatch.jpg)
Biggest and best coverage yet for World Para Alpine Skiing World Cup
2017-18 season will be fully live streamed on dedicated website for first time
![two male Para powerlifters](/sites/default/files/images/171127152950850_kehinde%2Bliu.jpg)
Mexico City 2017: Paul Kehinde vs. Lei Liu
Paralympic champions seek to prove who is the strongest in the men's up to 65kg
![two male wheelchair tennis players hold their trophy and the British flag](/sites/default/files/images/171127170048777_Hewett%2Band%2BReid.jpg)
Hewett and Reid win first Doubles Masters title
Dutch pair Buis and de Groot win women’s title while USA’s Taylor and Wagner prevail in quad
![a female Para powerlifter](/sites/default/files/images/151127192429164_powerlifting_eger%2B%25281480%2529.jpg)
Mexico City 2017: Rio heartache motivating Xu Lili
Chinese powerlifter wants Worlds gold after claiming silver at last year’s Paralympics
![two women take a selfie in a studio](/sites/default/files/images/171127180551694_podcast.jpg)
Let’s talk about Para sport!
Paralympians' podcast aims to get conversation going about the Paralympic Movement
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Brazil backing Daniel Dias ahead of Mexico City 2017
Swimmer meets young fans at Brazilian Para School Games
![Italian rising star and the three-time Paralympic champion will face in the S4 events.](/sites/default/files/images/170916090144974_Boggioni-Cheng.jpg)
Mexico City 2017: Monica Boggioni vs. Jiao Cheng
2017 World Series champion will face China’s three-time Rio 2016 gold medallist
![two male Para powerlifters celebrate](/sites/default/files/images/171124133429381_Cong%2BYakubu.jpg)
Mexico City 2017: Le Van Cong vs. Adesokan Yakubu
Vietnam’s first Paralympic gold medallist seeks first World title against defending World champion
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Top 50 Moments of 2017: No. 36 - Para trap becomes official shooting discipline
Shooting Para sport continued its strong growth ahead of Tokyo 2020