Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

two Para powerlifters, two Para swimmers and a cartoon jaguar

World Para Powerlifting and World Para Swimming Championships to begin on 2 December

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Theme on 3 December is ‘the world’s best athletes’

Man in wheelchair does headstand

Mexico’s Jesus Fernandez aiming to relive golden memory from Rome 2015

two Para taekwondo fighters on the mat

Two-time Canadian Para taekwondo champion shakes up his training as he aims to medal in London

Woman wheelchair dancer bows to the audience

Para dance sport powerhouse out to defend title at Worlds

Nigeria blind football camp

Sport taken to new heights in the country

four Para judokas stand on the podium with their medals

Uzbekistan ends top of the medals table with four titles

IPC President Andrew Parsons met South Korean President Moon Jae-in ahead of PyeongChang 2018.

IPC President met South Korean counterpart and attended the ninth and final IPC Project Review

Three people posing in front of a swimming pool.

Over 500 athletes from 40 countries will compete at swimming Euros

Man in wheelchair holds woman in air while spinning wheelchair.

Filipinos Marquez and Obero made a name for themselves in this event at the last World Championships.

Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo

Valuable points toward Tokyo 2020 are on the line

Woman in wheelchair dancing

Ukrainian on quest to upgrade silver medals from Rome 2015

Person smiling and posing with the flag of Germany

Sprinter joins past prize recipients Heinrich Popow and Anna Schaffelhuber

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

Campo passed away on Monday 16 October following a suspected heart attack.

NPC Kazakhstan logo

The automotive company support the NPC through to 2024

Proud Paralympian workshops at 2017 European Para Youth Games

IPC education programme teaches athletes about ethics, fair play and dual career strategy in Genoa, Italy

A man and woman in wheelchairs dancing

Polish, Ukrainian couples are expected to dance off for gold

a man stands on a podium

The Canadian Para triathlete took back his world title

Agitos

Philip Jonsson returned adverse result after competing at April’s World Shooting Para Sport Grand Prix in Poland

Para ice hockey players on the ice

Paralympic Winter Games Qualifers highlighted strengths and weaknesses in all teams