PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Citi World Series: Aceves, Gutierrez to debut as new Paralympic medallists at home
The World Series in Mexico is the first major international competition following Paris 2024 and marks the beginning of athletes’ preparations for Los Angeles 2028

Bangkok 2024: World Championships C-Pool schedule announced
Australia, Austria, Finland and hosts Thailand will take part in the fourth edition of the tournament from 26-30 November at the Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena

Paralympic champions triumph at wheelchair tennis singles masters
Paris 2024 champions Tokito Oda, Yui Kamiji and Niels Vink won the men’s, women’s and quad titles at the Wheelchair Singles Master, the International Tennis Federation’s year-end championships

Algerian athlete Nacera Merar receives three-year ban for ADRV
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance at the Dubai 2024 World Para Powerlifting World Cup

First-timers relish Skills Development Camp experience
Dolny Kubin, Slovakia welcomed nearly 40 athletes from six different countries including debut participants from Hungary, Ukraine and the Netherlands at third edition of World Para Ice Hockey development initiative

Three new stops confirmed for 2025 Grand Prix
Marrakech in Morocco, Jalisco in Mexico and French capital Paris will join next year's World Para Athletics GP

IPC mourns the loss of wheelchair fencer Michal Dabrowski
Michal Dabrowski won the silver medal in the men's Sabre category B event and bronze in the men's Epée category B event at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

IPC promotional film for Paris 2024 wins two international awards
‘Paralympic Dream’ film was produced by the IPC’s advertising agency adam&eveDDB and launched in May to mark 100 days to go until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Barlaam illustrates the Road to Milano Cortina 2026
Italian Para swimming star uses his talent and passion for drawing to support the promotion of the Paralympic Winter Games in his hometown

Aurélie Aubert's Paralympic flame still burns brightly
Two months after the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, French boccia champion Aurélie Aubert looks back on winning her maiden gold medal on home soil and the unforgettable moment she extinguished the Paralympic flame at the Closing Ceremony