PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
Rachel Choong ready for Paralympic debut
Great Britain’s Rachel Choong was commentating about Para badminton’s Paralympic debut at Tokyo 2020. Three years later, she will compete at Paris 2024
Paris 2024 venue guide: All you need to know about La Defense Arena
Sixty days after hosting a Taylor Swift concert the Paris 2024 venue was ready for the Olympic and Paralympic swimming races. A total of 141 Para swimming medal events will take place at the Paris La Defense Arena from 29 August to 7 September
Paris 2024: Find out who is competing at this year's Paralympics
Thirteen gold medals will be up for grabs from 30 August to 5 September at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre marking the 13th time the sport is part of the Paralympic Games programme
For Para powerlifter Perez, sport is a door to “many, many dreams”
Mexico's four-time Paralympic champion Amalia Perez is ready to compete at Paris 2024, her seventh Games
How Para canoeist Scott Martlew made Paralympic history
Scott Martlew made history at Rio 2016 as the first Para canoeist to represent New Zealand at a Paralympic Games. He goes to Paris 2024 hoping to make it on the podium in the men’s KL2 class
Change Starts With Sport: 10 Paralympic legacies of Paris 2024
Hosting the Paralympic Games has led to the City of Paris investing EUR 125 million into making the historic French capital more accessible
IPC looks to centralise vision impairment classification services
The new approach is envisaged to lead to optimised classification services for athletes with vision impairment
Paris 2024: Shooting brought me out of my shell says India’s Avani Lekhara
History-making shooter Avani Lekhara was the toast of India at Tokyo 2020 after becoming the first female athlete to win a gold medal for India at a Paralympic Games. Three years later, she shares her hopes and ambitions for Paris 2024
IPC mourns the passing of Willi Lemke
Willi Lemke, the former Special Adviser to the United Nations (UN) Secretary-General on Sport for Development and Peace (2008-2016), passed away aged 77