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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

Record-breaker Hunt-Broersma will ‘never stop’… unless her other leg ‘falls off’
The South African-born amputee has recently completed 104 marathons in 104 consecutive days

Santiago 2023 Para swimming medal programme revealed
A total of 148 medal events will be held in the first edition of the Parapan American Games to take place in Chile from 17 to 26 November next year

Paris GP to have record participation
The fourth edition of the competition will welcome more than 750 athletes from 57 countries to the French capital in June

From diffusing bombs to winning races: How Brad Snyder found new life in Para sports
‘Dream big. You don’t know what is possible for you until you try,’ says six-time Paralympic champion
IPC makes EUR 1 million of grants available to NPCs for sport development
NPCs will be able to apply for funding until 5 June 2022 in three grant areas

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