PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Citi becomes founding partner of new PARA SPORT programme
• Citi to help grow select Para sports through 2024

WeThe15 named International Campaign of the Year at 2022 Sport Industry Awards
The latest victory at the 2022 Sport Industry Awards takes the total number of major international awards that WeThe15 has won to eight

Para taekwondo makes step towards equity at European Championships in Manchester
Decision to hold the Para Taekwondo and Taekwondo European Championships concurrently hails a new era in Para sports

Boccia trailblazer Aziz looks for African breakthrough in sport
• The Johannesburg 2022 World Boccia Africa Regional Championships take place from 16-23 May

Regional Championships: All you need to know!
Pyeongtaek, South Korea, is hosting the first out of four World Para Powerlifting Regional Championships in 2022 starting on 15 June

Iskandar Tursunbaev receives three-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifter returned adverse analytical finding both out-of-competition and in-competition in 2021

World Para Swimming mourns the passing of Denys Dubrov
Ukrainian Para swimmer was a four-time Paralympic champion and took three medals at last year's Paralympic Games in Tokyo

No peak out of reach for Para climber Lanfri
The 35-year-old is close to becoming the first Italian multi-amputee to scale the world's tallest mountain

ISA World Para Surfing Championship to return to California in 2022
International Surfing Association, AmpSurf and Pismo Beach set to host the 2022 championship from 4-11 December

IPC launches PARA SPORT programme to grow awareness and participation in Para sport
• PARA SPORT’s narrative, “It Starts With Sport,” shows the value of sport through three core elements: awareness, community and freedom