PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Paralympics New Zealand announces Para Sport Champions initiative
The Harvey Norman Para Sports Champions initiative connects Para athletes and Paralympians with organisations that wish to hear their stories

Para athletes double as filmmakers in new Rising Phoenix series
Film director Mat Whitecross said the new three-part television feature series follows the journeys of Paralympians from the start of the pandemic to the postponed Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Birmingham 2022 bids farewell after 11 days of sport and unity
Global TV audiences, capacity crowds and record-breaking sports performances among the highlights of the fully integrated Games

Expectations for Paris 2024 rise as Para canoeists dazzle at 2022 Worlds
Great Britain dominates overall medals tally with five gold, three silver and two bronze medals

Great Britain's Hope helping create 'something brand new'
Former wheelchair basketball player enjoying her new career as part of the British national team going to the first Women's World Challenge

Nigeria wraps up Birmingham 2022 with more gold
Eucharia Iyiazi triumphs in shot put while England’s Nathan Maguire emulates girlfriend Hannah Cockroft’s victory as Commonwealth Games concludes

IPC pays tribute to one of its founding fathers Andre Auberger
Andre Auberger, the first Treasurer when the IPC was founded in 1989, has helped to build it into a sound financial foundation

Nigeria's Nwachukwu delights the crowd at Birmingham 2022
Discus thrower sets new record as Alexander Stadium witnesses gold medals from Australia (twice), South Africa and Wales on Wednesday and Thursday

Sensational Gustin powers to Commonwealth Games gold
Malaysian smashes Games record three times; Nigeria's Oluwafemiayo sets new world record and Sudhir wins India's first gold in Para powerlifting

Birmingham 2022: Teenager Greenwood claims career’s first gold
Australian puts up dominant medley show and Canada’s Bennett stuns Tokyo 2020 champion Hance for 200m freestyle S14 win as Para swimming wraps up

Becoming Paralympic champion helps Uzbekistan’s Naimova find place in life
Overcoming financial difficulty and social stigma before becoming Uzbekistan’s youngest Paralympic champion, Guljony Naimova is now one of the most successful and popular athletes in Asia

Top 5 tips to get started in Para sailing from sports veteran Erikstad
Bjornar Erikstad, Norway’s flagbearer at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, encourages people to take up Para sailing with a smile

Cockroft adds Birmingham 2022 gold to her CV
Wheelchair racer leads England podium sweep as first evening of track events at the Commonwealth Games sees another English triumph and win for Wales

Birmingham 2022: Nigeria aiming at extending domination
One-day Para powerlifting competition will see four medal events with 40 athletes from 16 nations in action at NEC Arena

Paralympic medallists shine at ASEAN Para Games
Ni Nengah Widiasih, Le Van Cong win gold as hosts Indonesia and Vietnam top medals table in Para powerlifting at Solo 2022

Home crowd at integrated Games helps Summers-Newton complete set
With her latest victory at Birmingham 2022, Summers-Maisie can now call herself a Paralympic, world, European and Commonwealth champion

Tousignant ready to break new grounds at Women's World Challenge
Canadian star eager to bring other female players along with her raising awareness at the Women’s World Challenge presented by Citi

Record 33 sports bid for LA28 Paralympic Games inclusion
• Initial decision on the LA28 Paralympic sport programme will be taken by the end of January 2023

Birmingham 2022: Cockroft eyes gold to complete medal set
Para athletics takes over Alexander Stadium with 10 medals up for grabs and local star hoping to make a new legacy 10 years after the London Paralympics

Goerlach overcomes fear of water to become Para triathlon medallist
Australian athlete says he would rather swim with sharks than jump in a pool after traumatic experience of nearly drowning more than 30 years ago