PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Citi World Series 2024: Crothers hopes Australia will set tone for special season
Recovering from injury, Paralympic champion will be one of the stars of the host nation at the three-day event in Melbourne with 121 athletes representing 13 nations in the pool

Goalball legend Genrik Pavliukianec ready to relax
Travel, woodwork and a YouTube cooking channel… Lithuanian star has plenty lined up despite missing out on Paris 2024 Paralympics

WADA releases new e-learning course for athletes and coaches heading to Paris 2024
The new course has been developed to cater to the specific needs of Paralympic athletes

Para athletes to host guests in their accessible Airbnb homes during Paris 2024
Sofyane Mehiaoui and Axel Alletru will host their homes with accessibility features on Airbnb for free. Fans can request to book the stays from 28 February

Media accreditation open for Madeira 2024 European Open Champs
Competition will take place from 21 to 27 April 2024 at the Penteada Swimming Pools Complex in Madeira's capital Funchal in Portugal

IPC mourns the passing of Paralympic pioneer Hans Lindström
Hans was central to the creation of the IPC in 1989 and played a pivotal role in the history of the Paralympic Movement.

2024 World Championships C-Pool to take place in Bangkok
Tournament returns to the Thailand International Ice Hockey Arena after a successful 2022 edition and will consist of a maximum of six teams, including Finland, which was relegated from the B-Pool, and the host country

Grand Prix 2024: It’s all Debrunner in Dubai to begin the season
Swiss wheelchair racer kicks of the 2024 GP with three gold medals in UAE in an action-packed event with two world records* from Belgian athletes (Roger Habsch and Maxime Carabin) and home success for Mohammed Alhammadi

From the stands to the podium: Niels Vink on realising his childhood dream
“In my world, I don’t have a disability because I’m always looking at the positive things,” the Dutch Paralympic champion says.

Destination Dubai for the 2024 Grand Prix season starter
Athanasios Ghavelas, Catherine Debrunner, Hannah Cockroft and some of the finest on the planet head to the United Arab Emirates for one of the most traditional Para athletics events on the international circuit from 13* to 15 February