PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
While at home, teach children about Paralympic sports!
Sample of I’mPOSSIBLE education materials now available for download
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How IPC partners are helping tackle the coronavirus pandemic
The Paralympic Movement’s stakeholders are using their services to serve the global community
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Chelsey Gotell reflects on how athletes and WADA can work together
• On World Anti-Doping Agency’s (WADA) annual Play True Day, she attests, about creating athlete-centred systems, increasing awareness of the complexity of Para athlete testing, and improving athlete communication and education on their rights and obligations
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Growing in the great quarantine challenge
On his blog, USA's Para alpine skier Thomas Walsh shares the many journeys through the lockdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic
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Athletes embrace #HockeyAtHome
Para ice hockey players around the world are finding ways to stay active and healthy
Tokyo 2020: Information on tickets
Tickets that have already been purchased will be valid for the same session on a new date where possible
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Legacy of Stoke Mandeville Stadium lives on during coronavirus pandemic
Birthplace of the Paralympic Games re-purposed to help vulnerable COVID-19 patients
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Sport Week: Top moments in football 5-a-side
Brazil have won every Paralympic gold since the introduction of the sport in 2004
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British Paralympic Association pays tribute to Geoff Smedley
Sports Union for Athletes with Down’s Syndrome President is a leading pioneer in Para sports
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Equipment change helps Marcel Pavlik return to archery
Slovakian world No. 1 almost quits sport due to old bow
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Charl du Toit shares his lockdown experience on Instagram Live
Two-time Paralympic champion talks to athletes and fans from home in South Africa
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How I’mPOSSIBLE helped change a student’s perception on disability
A Georgian pupil felt compelled to take part in the Agitos Foundation’s education programme
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Adaptive Board Chicks bring girl power to Para snowboard
Dutch duo Lisa Bunschoten and Renske van Beek launch training camps to inspire new female riders
Sport Week: Welcome to football 5-a-side
The sport has featured at the Paralympics since 2004
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Tokyo 2020 postponement lets Susana Rodriguez focus on doctor role
Para triathlete provides recovery treatment to coronavirus patients
Para Nordic Skiing World Cup: Top 7 moments
Home upsets, red carpets, samba beats and a milestone for the Paralympic movement
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Inspiring story of Paralympian Jaana Kivimaki turns into film
Movie highlight’s Kivimaki's emotional process from being distraught, dispirited and frustrated, to powerful, reinvented and unstoppable
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IPC saddened by passing of boccia great Dirceu Jose Pinto
Brazil's four-time Paralympic champion is a true sport icon
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Wang Jiachao switching lanes to triathlon
Swimming gold medallist from London 2012 hopes to return to the Paralympics as a triathlete