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PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Para sport competitions that got underway in 2020
Grand Slams and winter sports were just a few that saw action in an unprecedented year
Year like no other for European athletes and events
Five European athletes put aside their training to fight coronavirus
Historic developments off the field of play in Americas
Highlights of the year from across the region
ZKC announced as new World Para Powerlifting approved supplier
Partnership to focus primarily in four different regions across the world and to include equipment donation for competitions
Manasi Joshi’s resurgence, a boost for Asia in 2020
Asia stays on course for Asian Youth Para Games; Hangzhou 2022 Asia Para Games
Plenty to cheer for Oceania athletes in 2020
Australian Para athletes made the most of the year outside the field of play, from Madison de Rozario’s Barbie doll to Ellie Cole and Ryley Batt starring in Netflix's 'Rising Phoenix'
Para athletics top 2020 moments
From a bio secure marathon bubble in the streets of London to world records around the world a lookback at the last 12 months
IPC podcast: Carlos Serrano on engagement
Swimming star and Tokyo 2020 hopeful talks about what drives him and also on being a father
Newest IPC members defy COVID-19
Since being welcomed as IPC members at the 2019 General Assembly, NPCs of Kiribati, Paraguay, Maldives and Malta have taken various initiatives to develop Para sports
A year like no other in Para snow sports
From history-making events to red carpets and dancefloors, here is a lookback at the most memorable moments of 2020
Host city of 2024 Paralympics creates ‘Paris + Inclusive’ project
French capital expresses intentions to make Paris an inclusive and accessible destination
Bauchet and Kampschreur golden return to where it all started
Nine-time Paralympic champion Henrieta Farkasova makes winning comeback after serious injury
Riech following in family’s footsteps
World champion and Tokyo 2020 favourite’s athletics bloodlines run deep
IPC podcast: Husnah Kukundakwe on representation
Ugandan teenage swimmer has ambitions for Tokyo 2020 but also sees her role in society on a bigger scale
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
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
2021 World Series provisional calendar announced
For the first time the Para swimming series will take place in the year of the Paralympic Games
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'
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'
Yanina Martínez on a learning pathway
Paralympic champion adapts to new reality after coronavirus outbreak