PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Fleur Jong flies high at L'Hospitalet 2022
Dutch Paralympic champion sets new world record at the traditional international Para athletics meeting in Spain on Saturday

Debrunner delights home fans with four world records in Nottwil
Marcel Hug is another Swiss wheelchair racing star to set a new world record during the three-day World Para Athletics Grand Prix

Paralympic champions return to L'Hospitalet
Markus Rehm and Fleur Jong join Adiaratou Iglesias and plenty of local stars at the traditional International Meeting in Spain on Saturday

European Championships mark new era in Para taekwondo
New fighters emerge as Paris 2024 medal threats as Para taekwondoins compete alongside able-bodied teammates

Blind skateboarder Mancina on mission to build world's first adaptive skatepark
Detroit-based rider returned to skateboarding after losing all of his vision and now wants to help others with vision impairments pick up the sport

Pieter Joon to be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame
Founding father of World ParaVolley will be the first ever inductee from the world of sitting volleyball

Hershey joins as partner of LA28 Olympic and Paralympic Games
The Hershey Company has become the first domestic food partner of the LA 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and also renewed its partnership with Team USA

Debrunner welcomes new career challenges in Nottwil
Switzerland hosts third Grand Prix of the season with plenty of Paralympic medallists in action from Thursday to Saturday

Mexico's Gustavo Sanchez on the magic of diving into challenges
‘Now I am a completely different Gustavo. Sport gives you that confidence’

Iraqi Para shuttlers keen to make a mark after international debut in Dubai
Team coach aims for his players to rise to the top of the rankings among the Arab countries and in the West Asian region