PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

World Para Swimming launches new Citi Para Swimming World Series
Next season to include nine Series across four continents from February to November with new dates for Singapore announced

Top 5 tips to get started in road cycling from golden girl Annika Zeyen
Multi-Paralympic and world champion gives advice on how to go from recreational cyclist to racing supernova

WADA announces candidates appointed or elected to 2023 Athlete Council
World Anti-Doping Agency issues call for Group 3 candidates

Junior wheelchair tennis players set for historic US Open title bid
First junior wheelchair tournament to take place at a Grand Slam ready to start at 2022 US Open

Kunieda targeting ninth US Open and calendar Grand Slam history
• Diede de Groot on a quest for her fifth successive US Open title with the added challenge of the expanded draw

Lima to host World Championships in 2023
Competition will be held in the Americas for the first time in the venue where shooting Para sport made its Parapan American Games debut in 2019

Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Blind football league launched a year after Games
Players and officials pin high hopes on new league after Japan made their Paralympic debut in Tokyo

30-year anniversary of Barcelona 1992: Then and now
The 1992 Paralympic Games were held in Barcelona between 3 and 14 September

Top 5 tips to get started in Para equestrian from rising star Jorgensen
Tobias Thorning Jorgensen, who won two gold medals at Tokyo 2020, encourages people to embrace the partnership with their horse and become a "nerd for the sport"

Coordination Commission visit highlights optimisations as key to Paris 2024 progress
International Olympic Committee’s Coordination Commission describes the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games as "right on track" after a site visit to Paris

Women's World Challenge 2022: Top six moments
From historic goals to newborn supporters and the best from three unforgettable game days at Green Bay’s Cornerstone Community Center in the USA

IPC development camps support female hockey players before Women’s World Challenge
Athletes supported through the NPC Development Programme participated in the tournament in Green Bay, Wisconsin

Paraorchestra thriving 10 years on from London 2012 launch
A decade after playing their first ever gig in front of millions and with one of the world’s biggest bands, the Paraorchestra has evolved into a distinctive, modern and hugely popular phenomenon

London 2012 participants look back on decade of transformation
Athletes, spectators, officials, journalists and volunteers reflect on the legacy of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Undefeated USA takes Women's World Challenge gold
The host nation wins the Inaugural Women's World Challenge presented by Citi after an entertaining three-day competition in Green Bay

Two years until Paris 2024: 24 things to look forward to
Dynamic sports? Iconic venues? Unforgettable arts performances and initiatives to make society more inclusive? There is so much to look forward to as we count down two years until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Two years until Paris 2024: Andrew Parsons on the transformative power of the Games
"These are the Games that will become known at a global level as the Games that really helped to transform the world"

Paris 2024 Ambassador: "It's ambitious, but we need to be ambitious"
Twenty years after making his Paralympic debut at Athens 2004, long jumper Arnaud Assoumani is hoping to compete – and win – at his home Paralympic Games in Paris

USA and Canada triumph twice to set up a gold medal match
North American rivals record convincing wins against Team World and Great Britain on a busy Saturday in the Cornerstone Community Center