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![Man and woman in wheelchairs dancing](/sites/default/files/images/160525085658354_Lin%2BHsin%2BYu%2B-%2BChinese%2BTaipei.jpg)
South Korea triumph at first dance Asian Champs
Hosts Chinese Taipei also impressed at the first competition of its kind with two titles.
Tokyo 2020 announces Nationwide Participation Programme
A series of public events aimed at building public support ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games and maximising their impact across Japan kicked off.
![Big White, Canada, will host the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160826135730120_DSC_4707.jpg)
Para snowboarders to watch in 2016-17 named
The Ones to Watch athletes be amongst the medal contenders at the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.
![Face of a man biting on a medal](/sites/default/files/images/161104153434477_Disken.jpg)
Pool named after Australian Paralympic champion
Glenallen School in Melbourne named its pool in honour of former student and Rio 2016 Paralympic swimming champion Tim Disken.
Javanmardidodmani hungry for more success
Iranian shooting star Sareh Javanmardidodmani crowned her picture perfect career with two Paralympic gold medals in Rio.
![Finsterau, Germany](/sites/default/files/images/161108101538416_Finsterau.jpg)
IPC Nordic Skiing Media Advisory
Media accreditation for the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships now open
![A man in a wheelchair swings back a tennis racket in preparation of hitting a backhand.](/sites/default/files/images/140512090154271_lapthorne.jpg)
Champions crowned at UNIQLO Wheelchair Doubles Masters
The Quads pairing of Antony Cotterill and Andy Lapthorne were amongst the winners in California, USA.
Roundy sets new goals for new snowboard season
In a season that will feature a World Championships, the USA’s Nicole Roundy is fully recovered from an injury that blighted her 2015-16 season.
![PyeongChang 2018 logo small](/sites/default/files/images/151116172634943_PyeongChang_paralympic_1007-01.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018 welcomes international media
Media get a glimpse of preparations for 2018 Winter Games and test events at World Press Briefing.
![Performers on stage during Gold Coast 2018 flag handover during the Closing Ceremony for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, United Kingdom.](/sites/default/files/images/160311110432382_Commonwealth%2BGames.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018 ticket prices revealed
Prices for the 2018 Commonwealth Games are “inclusive, accessible and affordable."
![Finsterau, Germany](/sites/default/files/images/161108101538416_Finsterau.jpg)
First snow falls in Finsterau, more details revealed
The Organising Committee of the 2017 World Para Nordic Skiing Championships released more details about the competition.
![Big White, Canada, will host the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160826111406344_DSC_3306_0.jpg)
IPC Snowboard Media Advisory
Media accreditation for the 2017 World Para Snowboard Championships now open
![Photo exhibition in memory of Para cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad.](/sites/default/files/images/161107093504596_credit%2BNPC%2BIran.jpg)
Photo exhibition in memory of Golbarnezhad launched
The event will be open for five days in Tehran, Iran, in memory of the Iranian Para cyclist, who died following an accident in Rio 2016’s road race.
![General view during the 2016 IPC Powerlifting World Cups - Aquece Rio Test Event for the Rio 2016 Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/images/161107095241893_GettyImages-506076724.jpg)
IPC Powerlifting mourns passing of Iraq coach Nahabeet
Antranik Nahabeet, who coached Iraq to one gold, three silver and two bronze medals at four Paralympic Games, has sadly passed away.
![A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.](/sites/default/files/images/161104122241332_370.jpg)
Women’s blind football event to be held in Austria
The IBSA Football Committee announced that an event will take place as part of the UEFA-backed IBSA Blind Football Development Project Europe.
![Man in wheelchair with a foil smiling to the camera](/sites/default/files/images/151210141629383_Piers%2BGilliver.jpg)
Piers Gilliver reflects on Rio 2016
Although silver was tough to swallow, the British wheelchair fencer is learning from his first Paralympic Games.
![Tatyana McFadden of the United States and Marcel Hug of Switzerland at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon in Central Park.](/sites/default/files/images/161107073643028_FotorCreated.jpg)
Hug and McFadden seal New York wins
The Swiss and US wheelchair racers now have unassailable leads at the top of the Abbott World Marathon Majors.
![Organisers of the 2017 World Championships with members of the BWF.](/sites/default/files/images/161107074129839_BWF%2Band%2BKorean%2Bdelegation.jpg)
Para badminton World 2017 to South Korea
Both China and South Korea were aiming to stage the 11th Para Badminton World Championships in 2017.
![Woman posing in front of Rio 2016 sign](/sites/default/files/images/161104151042611_Emily%2BBayci.jpg)
Emily Bayci: ‘..different than what I was used too’
After mostly covering Olympic events, Bayci took on a new challenge with Para archery reporting at Rio 2016.
APC announces General Assembly’s agenda and logo
The fourth edition of the Asian Paralympic Committee’s General Assembly will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, between 28-29 November.