PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

GB and USA nominate Para athletics teams for Tokyo
Sixty-one names set to represent US in Japan, as British team announces the first 12 names in their Paralympic Games roster

Ones to watch for Para rowing
The favourites and dark horses who are going for the biggest prize in their sport
China finish on top as World Cup season ends in Dubai
Chinese powerlifters dominate penultimate day with Chile taking Mixed Team gold in the final stop before Tokyo 2020 Paralympics

‘Tokyo 2020 Share the Passion’ project launched
Will allow sports fans and family members from around the world to deliver messages of support to athletes during the Games

Leverkusen puts world’s best to test ahead of Tokyo 2020
German city hosts traditional competition with local stars as Markus Rehm and Irmgard Bensusan, and Bydgoszcz 2021 gold medallists like Fleur Jong

Injury forces Alice Tai to withdraw from Tokyo 2020
Elbow injury forces Rio 2016 and London 2019 gold medallist to miss the Paralympic Games in Japan

Sport Week: 10 things to know about Para rowing
Understand what ‘catch a crab’ means or why rowing uses World Best Times instead of World Records

Ostrava 2021: South Korea and RPC book semi-final tickets
Nail-biting overtime victory over Norway send Korean team to third consecutive top four appearance in the World Championships

Nigeria’s Lucy Ejike powers through challenges
Three-time Paralympic powerlifting champion opens up about COVID-19 pandemic setback and how she pushes on

2021 World Championships moves to Batumi from Eger
Georgia to host World Para Powerlifting Junior & Senior Championships for the first time from 27 November to 5 December this year