Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Woman in racing wheelchair next to a screen

Wheelchair racer rounds off stunning 2017 with prestigious award

World Para Ice Hockey: Meet Lena Schroder

Player hopes to be first female athlete to take part in Winter Paralympics since 1994

The official logo of the IBSA U23 World Championships

First Championships to take place in Argentina in April 2018

Agitos

Broadcasting deal covers many major Para sport events over next three years

Andrea Eskau: The Motivation

Innovative ski sled helping German Nordic skier in bid for Paralympic success

The official logo of World Para Athletics

Updated rules to take effect on 1 January 2018

four female Para athletes celebrating winning

Cockroft and Hahn lead nominations at annual awards

Tokyo 2020 emblems

Operation BATON launched to support construction of Athletes’ Village

Blindefolded football team celebrating

World’s best teams to compete at first World Grand Prix

a female Para athlete with her gold medal

British taekwondo fighter reflects on World Championships glory

Two women holding the US flag waiting for their teammate to cross the finish line

Athletes will benefit from high-performance training services in preparation for Tokyo 2020

two blind football teams line up before the game

Hosts Cape Verde also plays first official 5-a-side match against Mali

three RaceRunning athletes run down the track

Competition for athletes with severe co-ordination impairments to be introduced at Berlin 2018

a male Para snowboarder

First four athletes named in squad for Winter Paralympics

a female Para athlete in a wheelchair

Wheelchair tennis legend preparing for Chef de Mission role at Winter Paralympics

Jose Luis Campo was the driving force behind the growth of the Paralympic Movement in the Americas.

Paralympic family remembers a pioneer of the Movement in the Americas

female wheelchair tennis player hits a backhand

Women’s world No.1 Yui Kamiji heads star-studded field in Loughborough

Isaac French | Agitos Foundation

Teenage rower eager to compete at Paralympics after reaching World Championships final

Upper body of man throwing a red ball

Rio 2016 champions and home favourites the ones to watch

The official logos of VISA and the IPC

Visa is IPC’s longest serving commercial partner having first got involved in 2003