PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
World Para Dance Sport launches 2022 Online Competition
Participants have until end of April or May to submit their performances according to their categories.
![Mitchell Gourley (AUS) goes down the slopes at the Men’s Giant Slalom Standing at the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games.](/sites/default/files/2022-04/2030905_0.jpg)
Mitchell Gourley voted onto IPC Athletes’ Council
Australia’s Para alpine skier was elected to the IPC Athletes’ Council following election run-off
![A male swimmer in the starting block in a backstroke race](/sites/default/files/2022-04/GettyImages-1336789303.jpg)
Dutch delight as Rogier Dorsman smashes world record at Berlin 2022
Paralympic champion shines at the penultimate World Series of the season with Tanja Scholz and Verena Schott leading the host nation to the podium
![Team USA Para Ice Hockey players in full gear without helmets pointing with their sticks towards the top of the arena.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_gettyimages-1384738699.jpg)
Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Para Ice Hockey
The sport remained USA's territory with the fourth gold in a row, but the 2022 and 2026 host nations also left their mark
![A female Para swimming swimming breaststroke in a pool](/sites/default/files/2022-03/1804514.jpg)
Elena Semechin celebrates her 'small miracle' at Berlin World Series
Paralympic champion is the main star in the penultimate leg of the season with more than 450 athletes in action in the German capital
![Chinese Wheelchair Curling team members celebrate during one of their Beijing 2022 matches](/sites/default/files/2022-03/China-curling.jpg)
Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Wheelchair Curling
China cement their status on the world stage
![Indonesia's capital Jakarta hosted the last Asian Para Games in 2018 featuring 18 sports](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Indonesia%202018%20-%20Asian%20Paralympic%20Committee.jpg)
Aichi-Nagoya to host 2026 Asian Para Games
Around 4,000 athletes and team officials from the Asian Paralympic Committee's 44 member nations are expected to attend and 18 Para sports will be on the programme
![An athlete in a racing wheelchair pushing himself forward with both hands.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/rsz_img-20220325-wa0037.jpg)
Sensational Hug opens the season with a world record in Dubai
World’s best impress at the Grand Prix season opener in Dubai breaking multiple world and regional records from 21 to 24 March
![A man with a helmet pushes his wheelchair with pneumatic tyres in the Para athletics track event](/sites/default/files/2021-08/GettyImages-1186882764.jpg)
Marcel Hug leads star-packed field as Dubai opens 2022 GP season
Nearly 450 athletes from 43 countries to take part in the first World Para Athletics event of the year in UAE
![Amy Purdy](/sites/default/files/images/140318211952812_478591283_0.jpg)
Amy Purdy announces retirement
Purdy is a three-time Paralympic medallist and Para Snowboard pioneer
![An image showing laboratory glass tubes](/sites/default/files/2020-12/GettyImages-96526070.jpg)
Para powerlifting athlete Omotola Eniola Falodun receives four-year ban for ADRV
Nigerian returned an adverse analytical finding for a Prohibited Substance in-competition on 6 February 2020
![A female shooter raising her competition rifle above her head](/sites/default/files/2022-03/51943636643_a328ce59ef_c.jpg)
Veronika Vadovicova leaves Hamar 2022 with more golden glory
Four-time Paralympic champion puts Slovakia on the top of medals tally as European 10m Championships wraps up in Norway
![Gold medallist Carina Edlinger of Austria looks on with her guide dog Riley following the Women's Sprint Free Technique Vision Impaired Final flower ceremony in the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games at Zhangjiakou National Biathlon Centre.](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Carina%20Edlinger.jpg)
Beijing 2022: Takeaways from Para Cross-Country Skiing
Para Cross-Country Skiing saw one of Paralympic sports greatest athletes bow out in style, while the next generation were ushered in
![Linda Le Bon and her daughter and guide Ulla Gilot competing in Beijing](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Le-Bon.jpg)
Role reversal for mother-daughter Para Alpine Skiing duo in Beijing
Ulla Gilot guided her mother Linda Le Bon on her Paralympic debut
![Veronika Aigner and guide and sister Elisabeth Aigner react after winning the giant slalom gold medal](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Aigner-sisters.jpg)
Beijing 2022: Top Moments of the Winter Paralympics
Sporting highlights that will never be forgotten
![Norwegian Wheelchair Curling player Mia Sveberg smiles](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Mia-Sveberg.jpg)
Wheelchair Curling: A sport for all ages!
Some of the youngest team members who played at Beijing 2022 reveal what it is like to play the sport
![An empty stage with screens showing the logo of the Tbilisi 2021 World Para Powerlifting Championships](/sites/default/files/2022-03/51707611708_8e0578e89b_c.jpg)
World Para Powerlifting publishes new Rules and Regulations
Announcement follows a three-year consultation process with participation of 71 National Paralympic Committees
World Para Snow Sports sends its condolences to the family of Tor Undheim
Norwegian served as a member of the World Para Nordic Skiing Sport Technical Committee (STC) for 15 years
![A vision impaired shooter blindfolded with her assistant behind her in a rifle competition](/sites/default/files/2022-03/Barbara%20Moskal.jpg)
Young and experienced stars claim gold in Hamar
Olivera Nakovska-Bikova repeats European title over 20 years later while Barbara Moskal triumphs on her debut at the Euros in Norway