PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Korea's best ever finish at the World Championships has been the silver medal at the 2012 edition before the two bronze medals at 2017 and 2019 editions.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Korea.jpg?h=f7965785&itok=-rntuSk9)
Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Korea
Under a new head coach Kim Tae-ho and with the return of their star forward Seung-Hwan Jung, Korea will hope to return to Worlds podium since 2019
![A collaged photo of a female athlete competing at the Atlanta 1996 Games and leading the US delegation at the Opening Ceremony of the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Aimee%20Mullins%2C%201996%20and%202012%20Games.jpg?h=0b5076fa&itok=t01rdrlh)
Aimee Mullins: from Atlanta 1996 prosthetics pioneer to star in Stranger Things
Trailblazing double-amputee reflects on pursuing her dreams and making the multi-award-winning Netflix show
![A male long jumper jumping with a prosthetic right leg](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Markus%20Rehm.jpg?h=be4c8928&itok=tb3eOHjC)
Markus Rehm sets new world record in L'Hospitalet
German Paralympic champion improves in 2 centimetres his own mark at the traditional international meeting near Barcelona
![A female boccia athlete looks at her boccia ramp, while her assistant holds it.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Nurulasyiqah%20Mohammad%20Taha%2C%20Singapore%20boccia.jpg?itok=DCt_R4zE)
Singapore’s history-maker Nurulasyiqah Taha reflects on 20-year boccia journey
Nurulasyiqah Mohammad Taha became the first boccia athlete from Singapore to compete at the Paralympic Games. Now she is looking to accomplish much more
![Czechia will face Korea in the opening game of the tournament, a match many are billing as a potential bronze-medal contest.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Czechia.jpg?itok=ze9XFtDv)
Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Czechia
On the verge of a Paralympic and World Championship podium for the last half of a decade, Czechia will be in search of first medal in Moose Jaw
![A group of Norwegian Para ice hockey players on ice](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/GettyImages-932808386.jpg?itok=ATHmWTF8)
Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Norway
With a new head coach, Nordic team is looking to re-establish itself after failing to make the Paralympic Winter Games last year
![An aerial view of a Para ice hockey team celebrating in front of the goal on an ice rink](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2022-11/China%20Beijing%202022.jpg?itok=RBhs9FQ5)
Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know China
Was the bronze medal at the Winter Games a one-and-done, or will the Chinese come with an even stronger and more improved team to their A-Pool debut?
![Three male athletes on wheelchairs posing for a photo with medals.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Piotr%20Kosewicz%20Poland%20Tokyo%202020.jpg?h=a375be57&itok=34aF7Zc-)
Poland’s Paralympic discus champion Kosewicz thanks winter skills for summer success
Piotr Kosewicz, who won the men's discus throw F52 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, says Para biathlon and discus throwing have 'a lot in common'
![Familiar faces grabbed the headlines with big performances on the continent where the next World Para Athletics Championships will be held.in July.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Jesolo%202023.jpg?h=7769601a&itok=bpdCoDNz)
European stars live up to the hype in Jesolo
Top stars including Rehm, Johannes and Durand stamp dominance as competition gets intense moving closer to Paris 2023 World Championships
![Moose Jaw 2023 Interior Arena](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-04/Interior%20Arena.jpg?h=dd6e8209&itok=fHBPgRB-)
Media accreditation open for World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool
Accreditation deadline is 26 May, World Para Ice Hockey A-Pool Worlds will take place in Moose Jaw, Canada from 28 May to 4 June this year
![Three German Para ice hockey players on ice](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/51499110231_75a4ff479e_c.jpg?itok=YjmyA7y_)
Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Germany
Europeans aiming at going beyond their highest finish at the World Championships A-Pool, the fifth place in 2008
![The Citi Para Swimming World Series Berlin 2023 gave ample of proof of the level of competition and swimmers' form ahead of the all-important Worlds.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Berlin.jpg?itok=NW-VTY5W)
World records galore as Berlin World Series sets the tone for Manchester 2023
Paralympic stars including Italy's Simone Barlaam produce amazing show as 19 world records* were broken in the four-day competition
![Two male Para ice hockey players competing on ice](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/GettyImages-929950686.jpg?h=9450e3e6&itok=2fYJCs4j)
Moose Jaw 2023: Get to Know Italy
The host of the next Winter Paralympics has never finished higher than fifth or lower than seventh at the World Championships
![A female athlete smiles for a photograph while holding a gold medal with her right hand and a bouquet with her left hand.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Luca%20Ekler%2C%20Hungary%2C%20Tokyo%202020%201.jpg?h=b04c4a8c&itok=14qNN7ai)
Meet Hungary’s Paralympic champion Ekler, the university teacher boosting Para sports
Luca Ekler, who won the women’s long jump T38 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, says finding Para athletics was ‘a dream come true’
![Two Para ice hockey players fighting to get the puck](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2021-11/rsz_51275417642_d295b9a669_o.jpg?itok=3zT5w3UU)
Moose Jaw 2023: A-Pool Worlds competition schedule revealed
Tournament will take place on Canadian ice for first time featuring defending Paralympic and world champions USA and other top seven-ranked teams
![New IPC logo symbol](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2019-12/IPC%20logo.jpg?itok=Tz9hXgsX)
IPC suspension of NPC Russia and Belarus to go back before General Assembly
Both NPCs were suspended by the IPC membership at an Extraordinary General Assembly in November 2022
![Italy's Monica Contrafatto (left), Ambra Sabatini (centre) and Martina Caironi celebrate their triple podium at Tokyo 2020.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Italy.jpg?h=a247ad64&itok=vIyCLzp7)
All eyes on Jesolo with Paris 2023 Worlds lurking
Paralympic stars, including local star Sabatini, will be among the favourites as they lead a field of 496 athletes from 65 nations in the three-day Grand Prix
![A male athlete competes on a sit-ski.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Jesper%20Pedersen%2C%20Norway%2C%20competing%20at%20Beijing%202022.jpg?h=34372398&itok=5l8vsQxG)
Five tips to get started in Para alpine skiing from Paralympic champion Pedersen
Five-time Paralympic gold medallist Jesper Pedersen of Norway encourages people to take up Para alpine skiing with a smile and to believe that the sky is the limit
![A woman and a man on a wheelchair holding tennis racquet.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/1%20Andrew%20Parsons%2C%20French%20Minister%20for%20Sports.jpg?h=285529c6&itok=O0VZG2zn)
IPC praises French Government’s push to improve rights of persons with disabilities
Amongst a range of measures by the French Government will be a EUR 1.5 billion investment into accessibility
![Home favourite Taliso Engel was only 17 years old when he became world champion in London 2019 and repeated the feat at the Madeira 2022 Worlds.](/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2023-05/Taliso%20Engel%20-%20Germany%20.jpg?itok=szRlVmQz)
World Series lands in Berlin with record number of participants
Headlined by Paralympic and world stars including local star Engel, the Berlin 2023 will have biggest field of 420 athletes from 51 nations in the World Series