PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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The year Para dance sport took over TV shows
Bonn 2019 world champions join Korean celebrities and Norway fall in love with a Para Nordic skier and rower turned wheelchair dancer
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Iranian Para athlete Hamid Eslami suspended for anti-doping rule violation
Iranian runner returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in an out of competition test
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2021 World Series provisional calendar announced
For the first time the Para swimming series will take place in the year of the Paralympic Games
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IPC publish its 2019-2020 Annual Report
'Our role in transforming the world through sport has never been more needed or urgently required for the world’s largest marginalised community'
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A year in review by IPC Athletes’ Council Chairperson Chelsey Gotell
'The Athletes’ Council led and facilitated 10 workshops to gather a better understanding on ways athletes from all nations could express their views on key subjects at the Paralympic Games, while respecting the Paralympic Movement’s values and principles'
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Yanina Martínez on a learning pathway
Paralympic champion adapts to new reality after coronavirus outbreak
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Tokyo 2020: Plans in place to ensure successful Games
Final decision on the maximum number of spectators permitted at venues and concrete health requirements for international spectators will be made by spring 2021
Santiago 2023 confirm sports programme
Next edition of the Parapan American Games to feature 17 Para sports, with Para archery returning
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New events get provisional approval for Milano Cortina 2026
Two new Para snowboard events for female athletes included among the 18 announced as part of upcoming sports programme
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New Paris 2024 powerlifting and swimming venues announced
Para athletics marathon to start and finish in Seine-Saint-Denis according to new Paralympic Games masterplan
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IPC Governing Board take key decisions for future Paralympic Games
IPC Board approve Milano Cortina 2026 sport programme and optimised Paris 2024 venue masterplan
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Martlew seeks to show the world what he can do
New Zealand's Paralympic canoeist reflects on his life as he prepares for his second Games
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Jakub Krako and the taming of the rogue guide
Slovakia's Paralympic champion teaching valuable skills to partner Branislav Brozman
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US Para athlete Sebastiana Lopez banned for anti-doping rule violation
Athletes from Brazil, Chile and Mexico to receive reallocated Lima 2019 Parapan American Games medals
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Update on consultation process regarding athletes expressing views at Paralympics
A statement from the Chairperson of the IPC Athletes’ Council Chelsey Gotell
Markus Rehm addresses doubters
The Paralympic long jump champion explains why his record breaking 8.48m leap is a result of his hard work and not an advantage of his blade
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IPC welcomes UN resolution on importance of sport for post-COVID world
Power of sport as an ’enabler of sustainable development’ recognised at the United Nations General Assembly
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Tokyo 2020 announce date for Para athletics Test Event
Competition set to take place in May at the Tokyo Olympic Stadium in the Japanese capital
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Information for Para athletes and IPC members on COVID-19
As we have noticed a decline in the amount of information we can share regards COVID-19, we have changed the frequency of this update to every second week