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PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
@Paralympics TikTok breaks the 4 million follower barrier
The account has generated more than 1.8 billion video views in four years
Jason Smyth shares excitement for Paris 2024
The six-time Paralympic champion reflects on his career and shares what it takes to top the podium at the Games
Get to know the Paris 2024 Paralympic venues
Blind football at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Para equestrian in the Chateau de Versailles gardens – the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will shine throughout the “City of Light” when the Games open on 28 August
Braunschweig and Routliffe, the Paralympic and Olympic siblings
Canada’s Tess Routliffe and Germany’s Malte Braunschweig will be competing in the Paralympics weeks after their siblings Erin Routliffe and Ole Braunschweig took part in the Olympics in the French capital
Paralympic legend Hess hopes Paris 2024 will be ‘celebration of sport’
As we reach one month to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympics, 20-time Para swimming champion Beatrice Hess shares her excitement and expectations for the first Games in her home country
The day Natalie du Toit made Olympic history
Thirteen-time Paralympic champion is the first leg amputee swimmer ever to compete in the Olympic Games in the women's 10km open water race at Beijing 2008
Karoly Takacs, the Para athlete who achieved Olympic glory
Hungarian made history with two gold medals in pistol shooting at the London 1948 and Helsinki 1952 Olympic Games
Ones to Watch in wheelchair tennis
The 10 names you should be looking out for at the Paris 2024 Paralympics
World leaders learn more about Para sport’s impact ahead of Paris 2024
IPC President Andrew Parsons and Paralympian Ileana Rodriguez were both speakers at the Sports for Sustainable Development Summit in Paris, France
‘I just bloody loved it’: Dylan Alcott looks back on a career that changed Para sport
Dylan Alcott, the four-time Paralympic champion in wheelchair tennis and wheelchair basketball, reflects on his role in elevating the Games to headline status
Airbnb: Paris region has over 1,000 listings with step-free accessibility features
More than 1,000 listings with step-free accessibility features are available on Airbnb in the Paris region alone, including nearly 300 listings featured in the Adapted category
Paris 2024: Colombia’s Bernal confident as chase of 'Paralympic dream' continues
Wheelchair tennis player Angelica Bernal says, "Playing sports and getting to know other athletes from Colombia and other regions, has allowed me to show that we are strong and that we fight every day for our dreams."
French Alps and Salt Lake City-Utah to stage 2030 and 2034 Paralympic Winter Games
International Paralympic Committee President Andrew Parsons said, “On behalf of the Paralympic Movement, I would like to send my congratulations to French Alps 2030 and Salt Lake City-Utah 2034. Both host cities present very different proposals and exciting opportunities for the Paralympic Movement in the years ahead."
Montjane: 'I wanted to explore different ways to train'
South Africa's wheelchair tennis pioneer Kgothatso Montjane shares how she is preparing for Paris 2024, her fourth Paralympic Games
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Zakia Khudadadi
Zakia Khudadadi will compete in Para taekwondo as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
Introduction to wheelchair tennis
Wheelchair tennis is a sport that requires dynamic movement, tactics and incredible racquet skills
South Korea announced as 2025 IPC General Assembly host
Seoul last hosted the event in 2007 and has a track record for hosting major events within the Paralympic Movement
Paris 2024 venue guide: Stade de France
Built for the 1998 Football World Cup, the multi-purpose arena was renovated and received a purple track for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
Paris 2024: Ones to Watch in wheelchair rugby
The 10 names you should be looking out for when the Paris 2024 Paralympics open in France
WPA pays tribute to Mohammed Baqer Almusa’s legacy
Baqer Almusa was directly involved in the promotion and growth of frame running as a tool to empower persons with disabilities, particularly high-support need athletes