PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Professor Derman announced as first VISTA 2025 keynote speaker
The South African’s keynote will focus on safeguarding the health of Paralympic Athletes

Santiago 2025 Preview: Paralympic stars gear up for final showdown before Cairo
Local favourite Marion Serrano takes centre stage at the final World Cup before October’s World Championships

Norway’s Vilde Nilsen aims to reel in Paralympic gold
Spending time in the Norwegian wilderness, hunting and fishing, helps Paralympian Vilde Nilsen relax and balance the demands of training and competition

VISTA 2025 website launched
The world’s premier scientific gathering dedicated to the Paralympic Movement will take place this December in Cairo, Egypt

All you need to know about Para Trap
Brno, Czechia will host in September the seventh edition of the World Championships since trap was adopted as a World Shooting Para Sport discipline in 2017

Information about media accreditation for Toyota World Championships Singapore 2025
Accreditation period for international media closed on 8 August 2025. Singapore-based media can apply until 22 August

Germany’s Anja Wicker wants to race like the wind
German Para cross-country skier and biathlete Anja Wicker is hungry for more medals as she gears up for her fourth Paralympic Winter Games

Schedule for 2025 World Championships B-Pool announced
Six nations are set to compete in 15 games over six days at the 11th edition of B-Pool Worlds from 6-11 September in Astana, Kazakhstan

IPC launches new leadership programme
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has launched the Para Athlete Professionals training course

‘Every competition is a gift,’ says death-defying Giulia Vernata
Para trap emerging star reflects on how the sport injected a new life into her journey, the preparations for the World Championships in Brno and on advocating female participation