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Road to Paris 2024: how qualification works in 22 Paralympic summer sports
Up to 4,400 athletes will take part in the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games in 500 days, but first they need to qualify. Here’s how the qualification system works in each of the 22 sports to be staged at the Games
More than one million students participate in France’s Olympic and Paralympic Week
The Olympic and Paralympic Week in France took place around the theme of inclusion
Family of athletes key to Canadian runner Riech’s Paralympic success story
Canada’s Nate Riech, who won the men’s 1,500m T38 at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games, attributes part of his success to growing up among family members striving for sporting excellence
IPC shows support for clean sport on WADA’s annual Play True Day
On the annual Play True Day, an initiative that the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) launched in 2014, three-time Paralympic champion Zahra Nemati calls for fellow athletes to show their support for clean sport
Five tips to get started in Para snowboard from passion-driven champion Luchini
Italy’s Jacopo Luchini, who won two gold medals at the 2023 FIS Para Snowboard World Championships, says that success in the winter sport begins by loving and respecting the mountains and the snow
Para equestrian sexagenarian Karjalainen hoping to crown career with Paris 2024 medal
Finland's Para equestrian veteran Katja Karjalainen is preparing for her fifth Paralympic Games
Chynka shows dominance in season opener
The reigning European champion's double gold puts Ukraine on top at the traditional Para Dance Sport International Competition held in Amstelveen
Tickets for European Para Championships go on sale
Shooting joins other nine sports in the first edition of the multi-sport event; outdoor venues and City Centre Courts will open to the public free of charge
Japanese artist Katori donates EUR 100,000 to the IPC to create internship programme
The new IPC athlete internship programme aims to help Para athletes make the transition from an athletic career to a professional career
Wheelchair fencing powerhouse Hong Kong aiming to bounce back from Tokyo 2020 setback
Failure to win medals at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games owed a lot to the Covid-19 pandemic, says Hong Kong team coach
Para dancers entertain Amstelveen audience at 2023 season-opener
Ukraine to hog the limelight in a field of 62 athletes from 18 nations as the traditional Para Dance Sport International Competition returns in the Netherlands
Paris 23 Worlds: Relaxation is the key for Greece’s track sensation Ghavelas
The 22-year-old Paralympic champion in 100m T11 wants to reproduce his stunning Tokyo 2020 form at the World Championships this July in France
‘You set your own limits’, says history-maker Alex Roca
The 31-year-old Spaniard, who has reduced mobility and communicates through sign language due to cerebral palsy, recently completed a marathon – and now he wants to inspire others
Swans announced as Official Supplier of Manchester 2023
Japanese swimming goggle brand continues its long-standing relationship with World Para Swimming which began in 2017
Olympic and Paralympic Week starts in France with inclusion as main theme
Olympic and Paralympic Week aims to introduce more people to sports and shift young people's perceptions of disability
World Autism Awareness Day: Star athletes to know ahead of Paris 2024
On World Autism Awareness Day, held every year on 2 April, we are celebrating four Para athletes with autism who are preparing to take the spotlight at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games
Paris 2024 and stakeholders reaffirm commitment to Paralympic integration strategy
The Paris 2024 Board of Directors met on 30 March, at the Organising Committee’s headquarters, to receive updates on the Organising Committee’s Paralympic integration strategy, which aims to make the Games and sport a vehicle for social change
Athletes and fans join World Championships 100 Days to Go celebration in Paris
French capital receives local and international guests inviting Parisians to come to Charlety Stadium in July and see the world's best in action
Rozkova reflects on milestone at rollercoaster World Wheelchair Curling Championship
Polina Rozkova and Agris Lasmans won the mixed doubles tournament at the 2023 World Wheelchair Curling Championship in March
Top 5 tips to get started in wheelchair curling from pioneering champion Rozkova
Latvia’s Polina Rozkova, who won the mixed doubles tournament at the World Wheelchair Curling Championship in March 2023, says enjoying playing with your teammates and embracing the cold are important when taking up the sport