VISTA 2017 - News

Take a look at 10 memorable moments from the Paralympic Winter Games

Five additional countries in the Asian region - Bangladesh, Cambodia, India, Mongolia, Pakistan - will enjoy live sports broadcasts from the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Paralympic champion propels Jordan to third place even as Gharibshahi sets new world record for Iran; hosts UAE end with five medals

First on-site IOC Coordination Commission meeting outlines priorities during transition period for Milano Cortina 2026 with Andrea Varnier taking part in his first international meeting as the Organising Committee's CEO

Poverty and lean training conditions no obstacle for 17-year-old runner determined to bring pride to his large family and remote village in southeastern Africa

IPC President Andrew Parsons: “It was an extremely hard but rewarding year, which ensured the IPC’s purpose grew in strength and relevance globally"

As 2022 comes to an end, let’s look back at the memorable moments in the Paralympic Movement this year

Mexican legend Perez to lead star-studded field that include Jordan's Khattab, Qarada, Iran's Rostami and local star Khalaf in final World Cup of season

Kazakhstan and France take silver and bronze while hosts Thailand finish in fifth place at World Para Ice Hockey Championships C-Pool

The Paris 2024 Board of Directors adopted the Organising Committee’s revised multi-year budget of €4.38 billion this week, which represents an increase of approximately 10% or 5% net of inflation, following the third budgetary review

Japan's Shingo Kunieda and the Netherlands' Diede de Groot won their tenth and fifth ITF World Champions Awards, respectively, while rising star Niels Vink celebrated a personal and nation's first

Mark Peters helped Denmark make their Paralympic debut at the Tokyo 2020 Games and was a member of the team that impressed the home crowd at the 2022 Wheelchair Rugby World Championship in October

Singapore's Paralympic medallist Laurentia Tan cannot hear or control her legs, but that has not stopped her from becoming a dressage star

In his role with the IPC, John Lisko will work to broaden the reach and engagement of the organisation's television and digital media rights, with a specific focus on the LA 2028 Paralympic Games

Three-day classification opportunity aims to support the journey of a number of athletes from Africa to compete internationally 

New world and European champions Portugal win first edition of a new international six-a-side wheelchair handball competition

Anne Green was involved in swimming for over five decades and served as Chairperson of IPC Swimming (World Para Swimming) between 1992 and 2006

The great connection between athletes with vision impairments and their able-bodied guides, like the one between Omara Durand and Yuniol Kindelan, is one of the many things we celebrate on International Day of Persons with Disabilities, celebrated on 3 December

The manual contains learnings from the ‘Day 1 Done #MoveNow’ project and also includes behind the scenes documentation of the MoveNow Training Series, which was developed together with the International Paralympic Committee

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