PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![A female Para snowboarder with a prosthetic leg riding in the snow](/sites/default/files/2021-11/Noelle%20Lambert.jpg)
Tokyo 2020 sprinter Noelle Lambert dashes to debut in Para snowboard
USA dual sport athlete to compete at the season-opening Europa Cup in Landgraaf on 28-30 November less than three months after her Paralympic final
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From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Sodnompiljee Enkhbayar
Mongolia's Paralympic champion will be defending his world title in the men's up to 107kg category on 5 December in the Georgian capital
![Photo of the Water Cube](/sites/default/files/2021-11/Water-Cube.jpg)
Chinese Para stars reflect on how Paralympics triggered a change
'When I look back, I firmly believe it was the Paralympic spirit and the national spirit that pushed me to accomplish that impossible mission'
![A male Para ice hockey player on ice with the Japanese uniform](/sites/default/files/2021-11/51499746686_47256125eb_c.jpg)
Berlin 2021: Top Six Players to Watch
Norway, Italy, Slovakia, Germany, Sweden and Japan will play for the final two Beijing 2022 spots in the German capital
![Yuk Wing Leung](/sites/default/files/2021-11/Yuk%20Wing%20Leung.jpeg)
Hong Kong dominate at Dubai 2021 Asia-Oceania C’ships
Six-time Paralympic medallist Yuk Wing Leung and Yuen Cheung clinch individual gold medals along with Pairs title
![A male wheelchair racer competing in an athletics track](/sites/default/files/2021-11/GettyImages-1338373119.jpg)
Marcel Hug smashes 22-year-old world record
Switzerland's Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion returns to Japan to make history in the traditional Oita Marathon
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From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Folashade Oluwafemiayo
Nigerian athlete will try to break the world record for the fourth time this year in the women’s up to 86kg category in Georgia
![Two male Para ice hockey players chasing the puck](/sites/default/files/2021-11/51259654627_5ba34315d0_c.jpg)
Berlin 2021: Top Five Storylines
Germany, Italy, Japan, Norway, Slovakia and Sweden will play for the final two Paralympic Winter Games spots up for grabs in the German capital
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Leading voices on inclusive employment set for 2021 Inclusion Summit
On 2 December, Caroline Casey, the Founder of The Valuable 500, and Stephen Frost, Founder of Included, will form the core of a panel discussion on “Changing Business: Expanding inclusive employment opportunities”
![Slovakia's Henrieta Farkasova competing at PyeongChang 2018](/sites/default/files/images/180311025018745_GettyImages-929953810.jpg)
100 things to know about the Paralympic Winter Games (76-100)
Countdown to Beijing 2022 with 100 days to go, from the origins of the Winter Paralympics to the most successful winter Para sports country!
![Bibian Mentel competing](/sites/default/files/2021-03/Bibian-Mentel1.jpg)
100 things to know about the Paralympic Winter Games (51-75)
Countdown to Beijing 2022 with 100 days to go, from the origins of the Winter Paralympics to the most successful winter Para sports country!
![two Para ice hockey players clash on the ice](/sites/default/files/images/180312075528105_USA%2Bbeat%2BCzech.jpg)
100 things to know about the Paralympic Winter Games (26-50)
Countdown to Beijing 2022 with 100 days to go, from the origins of the Winter Paralympics to the most successful winter Para sports country!
![Canadian wheelchair curler Ina Forrest pushes the stone on the ice rink](/sites/default/files/2021-11/wheelchair-curling.jpg)
100 things to know about the Paralympic Winter Games (1-25)
Countdown to Beijing 2022 with 100 days to go, from the origins of the Winter Paralympics to the most successful winter Para sports country!
![A man sitting on the bench after lifting the bar.](/sites/default/files/2021-11/Bonnie%20Gustin.jpg)
From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Bonnie Bunyau Gustin
Malaysia's first-ever Paralympic powerlifting gold medallist will be defending his world title on 2 December in Georgia
![a male powerlifter holds up his gold medal](/sites/default/files/images/180409174428897_Paul%2BKehinde%2Bmedal.jpg)
World Para Powerlifting sends condolences for the death of Paul Kehinde
Rio 2016 Paralympic gold and Mexico City 2017 World Championships title among the biggest achievements of the Nigerian athlete
![A Para ice hockey player with the Germany uniform on an ice rink](/sites/default/files/2021-11/51491067484_30d9e1a297_c.jpg)
Beijing 2022 is the goal for Felix Schrader in Berlin
German star hopes to put his country back at the Winter Paralympics for the first time since Torino 2006 at next week's Qualification Tournament
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IPC grateful for vaccine donation from Pfizer and BioNTech for Beijing 2022
'The whole Paralympic Movement is extremely grateful to the IOC for its efforts securing donations of vaccines from Pfizer and BioNTech ahead of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Beijing 2022.'
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Paris 2024 Paralympic Medal Events Programme and Athletes Quotas announced
The Games will include a record 235 medal events for women, eight more than at Tokyo 2020
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From Tokyo to Tbilisi: Mariana D’Andrea
The countdown to the World Championships continues with the Brazilian sensation who put her country for the first time on the top of the podium
![Jitske Visser](/sites/default/files/2021-11/Jitske%20Visser-new.jpg)
Jitske Visser elected Chairperson of Athletes’ Council
The four-time Dutch Paralympian succeeds outgoing Chairperson Chelsey Gotell