PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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Ekaterina Rumyantseva named Female Athlete of the Month
NPA Nordic skier dominates women’s standing category by winning five medals in PyeongChang
![Up to 300 Para athletes delight Australian crowd at Gold Coast 2018](/sites/default/files/images/180416110135508_Commonwealth%2BGames.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Commonwealth Games come to an end
Up to 300 Para athletes delight Australian crowd in Queensland over 11 days of competition
![a male Para shooter](/sites/default/files/images/180409093412363_Vasyl%2BKovalchuk.jpg)
Vasyl Kovalchuk leads Ukrainian dominance in Szczecin
Ukraine captured seven of eight individual gold medals in the final competition before 2018 World Championships
![two female wheelchair racers arm in arm at the finish line](/sites/default/files/images/180412164617195_Schaer%2Band%2BMcFadden.jpg)
Boston bonanza as former champions return for marathon
More than 50 wheelchair racers set to take to the streets
![Athlete celebrating in Para powerlifting competition](/sites/default/files/images/180415103412198_38168590824_950852ec0d_k_0.jpg)
Berck-sur-Mer 2018: Brazil to send strong team
Country will take 17 athletes to the European Open Champs in France
![Athlete on wheelchair taking part in race](/sites/default/files/images/180415163225658_GettyImages-946282594_0.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Australia's double marathon gold
Fearnley and De Rozario win T54 races in the final day of competition
![Aled Davies Celebration of World Championships Title | Shot Put F42 | London 2017](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/XX_G6GHHTCzIW1Ht0McY56mCoAugcvTXHzBvPPTeWMw.jpg?itok=FoI5wkFd)
Para athletics in numbers: Aled Davies
A look at the facts and figures behind world and Paralympic champion
![In Portugal, IPC President Andrew Parsons met with the Minister of Education and Sport Tiago Brandão Rodrigues and President of the Portugal Paralympic Committee José Manuel Lourenço.](/sites/default/files/images/180414064631723_Parsons%2BPortugal.jpg)
IPC President meets Portuguese leaders
Andrew Parsons spends four days in Portugal meeting sport leaders and politicians.
![Melissa Tapper celebrates winning table tennis gold at Gold Coast 2018.](/sites/default/files/images/180414101600302_Melissa%2BTapper.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Melissa Tapper delights home crowd
Australian table tennis player secures gold in the singles while England´s Ross Wilson wins men´s event
![Colombian blind football team](/sites/default/files/images/180413142849154_F5%2BColombia.jpeg)
Madrid 2018: Colombia eyeing medal place
The Colombian team is ready to extend its wave of success at the World Championships
![a male wheelchair racer holds up the Swiss flag](/sites/default/files/images/180412163236556_Marcel%2BHug%2Bflag.jpg)
Marcel Hug goes for four in a row in Boston
Swiss Silver Bullet ready to extend marathon dominance
![a male Nordic sit skier](/sites/default/files/images/180313005533407_Cristian%2BRibera.jpg)
Cristian Ribera named Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’
PyeongChang 2018 youngest Paralympian makes history for Brazil
![Woman holds sign with a man](/sites/default/files/images/170503082247689_Rajae%2BAkermach.jpg)
Morocco surge in taekwondo rankings
Rajae Akermach’s win over Amy Truesdale in African Open boosts her rankings
![Spain's Marcela Quinteros - badminton](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Marcela%2BQuinteros.jpg)
Marcela Quinteros, an artist-turned-Para badminton player
The Spanish athlete targets a podium finish at the European Championships
![Suwaibidu Galadima celebrating on the podium together with James Arnott and Tevaughn Thomas at Gold Coast 2018.](/sites/default/files/images/180413140152630_Gold%2BCoast%2Bathletics.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Nigeria wins first Para athletics gold
Suwaibidu Galadima is the fastest man in the 100m T47 on sixth day at the Commonwealth Games
![Australian table tennis player Melissa Tapper competing at Gold Coast 2018](/sites/default/files/images/180413150424772_Melissa%2BTapper.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Table tennis medals to be decided
Australian and Nigerian players to face-off in women’s final and all-English showdown among men
![John Clark (second row in the back; fourth from the right) as part of Great Britain's team for the 1984 Paralympics](/sites/default/files/images/180413160229317_John%2BClark2.jpg)
Paralympic medallist John Clark passes away
British former wheelchair fencer won four medals between 1972 and 1984
![a group of blind footballers pose for a photo on the pitch](/sites/default/files/images/180221132203970_Turkey%2BIBSA.jpg)
Madrid 2018: 5 things to know about Turkey
European country seeking best performance at a World Championships
![a male writer at an ice hockey rink](/sites/default/files/images/180412150053074_Stu%2BLieberman.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018: The ‘guru’ of Para ice hockey!
IPC writer Stuart Lieberman shares his experience of working at the Games
![a male vision impaired runner and his guide during a race](/sites/default/files/images/180412153305536_Bob%2BMatthews.jpg)
Paralympic champion Bob Matthews dies at 56
IPC mourns British former middle and long distance runner