PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: IPC President praises Japan's Paralympic legacy
Andrew Parsons spoke with the Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and met with Tokyo's Governor Koike as part of the events held to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the 2020 Paralympic Games
Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: A Paralympian's show-stealing violin performance
Paralympic swimmer and mother-of-three Manami Ito re-learned to play the violin with a prosthetic arm to fulfil a childhood promise made to her mother

Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Top 10 moments of the Games
Looking back at the athletic feats and some of the most emotional moments from last year’s Paralympic Games.

Tokyo 2020 one-year anniversary: Andrew Parsons reflects on Games legacy
"Japan as a nation, they were really proud of not only delivering the Games but offering to 1.2 billion persons with disability worldwide that amazing platform to send their message of inclusion to the world"
All-women’s officiating crew to make Para ice hockey history
The 2022 Women's World Challenge will be the first official event in the sport only with female International Technical Officials on ice

Stellar weekend for South Korea at Mainhatten Cup
Jongchul Choi leaves Germany as the most successful Para dancer with five out of the 12 gold medals won by his country in Frankfurt

Gardner living her dream at the first Women's World Challenge
Team USA player recalls her first experience in the sport 12 years ago, 'I played for like 20 minutes and was terrible at it, but I was hooked'

Changwon 2022: Yunri Lee leads South Korea’s impressive run
Beijing 2008 champion shines with twin gold and world record to propel hosts to top of medals table; France's De La Forest shoots record-equalling score

First of 150 Bandabi Sports Centers opens in Republic of Korea
IPC President meets with President of the Korea Paralympic Committee and PyeongChang 2018 Chef de Mission of Team Korea to discuss continued development of Para sports in the country and beyond

Cockroft and van Rhijn share their memories of racing with Usain Bolt
On Usain Bolt’s 36th birthday, Paralympic champions Hannah Cockroft and Marlou van Rhijn look back at the time they shared a track with a fellow legend