Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Giuseppe Campoccio holding the javelin

Italian athletes stand out at first dedicated throws competition

The IPC's founding President Dr. Bob Steadward, 2017 Scientific Award winner Victoria Goosey-Tolfrey and IPC President Andrew Parsons at the opening of VISTA 2017 in Toronto.

Winner to be presented at 2019 Vista Conference in Amsterdam

A man on a sledge hockey

Finland wants to attract more attention to the sport with C-Pool Worlds

Sixty thousand students with impairment participated in Para sports exhibitions

Para sport exhibitions held across the country

male wheelchair basketballers from Mexico and Puerto Rico fight for the ball

Central American wheelchair basketball spots decided

a male Para athlete jumps into a long jump sandpit

Eight sports to be featured at 2019 edition in Finland

Lucas Mazur - Badminton - France

Reigning champions head continental Championship list

female Para triathlete Christiane Reppe holds the hand of another female athlete on the podium

German cyclist wins on Para triathlon debut in Funchal

female Para swimmer Amilova Fatimakhon takes a breath during a breaststroke

Swimmer’s personal sacrifices pay off at Asian Para Games

a group of athletes putting their old smartphones into a collection box

First recycled metal for Olympic and Paralympic medals arrives

male Para badminton player Thomas Wandschneider reaches down to hit a forehand

Champion Wandschneider eyes title defence and Tokyo 2020 qualification

five Para rowers with Ellen Buttrick on the right holding up a Great Britain flag

New talent a rising star for British PR3 mixed coxed four crew

female judoka Lucia Araujo smiles on the podium holding up a mascot

Paralympic medallists highlight athletes heading to judo Worlds

male Para athlete Giuseppe Campoccio prepares to throw a shot put

Italian athletes head field in ground-breaking new event

Beijing 2022 and Tokyo 2020 men in suits in a room exchanging documents

Hosts of next two Paralympic Games sign co-operation agreement

a Para triathlete cycles on a bike

Former triathlon world champion ready to wrap up difficult year

Members of the APC and IPC toured the Lima 2019 Athlete Village with 10 months to go

The APC and IPC conducted a review of prepartions ahead of next August's Games.

A woman in a sitting rollerski together with a group of ten rollerskiers

Paralympian shares Nordic knowledge ahead of next Winter Games

Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo

A look at top contenders in division ahead of sport’s Paralympic debut.

male Para athlete Alister McQueen raises his arms on the podium

Alister McQueen hopes for Parapan boost at season-finale