PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Last-minute loss fuels Luchini for Lillehammer 2021
Following season cut short, Worlds medallist prepares to become first snowboard instructor with an impairment in Italy

Bonn 2019 legacy lives on
'There is nothing more beautiful than impacting people and help them discover the abilities they have hidden inside,' says Erik Machens

Teenage star Pagonis teaching lessons through fun
USA swimmer uses social media to educate about life being blind: 'We can do the same as anyone else, it’s just that we may have to do things differently'

Greg Polychronidis speaks his heart out on overcoming setbacks
'The most important is to find your mistake in order to become stronger and not make the same mistakes'

Channel 4 revolutionising disability broadcast landscape
British Paralympic rights holder to build off ground-breaking impact from London 2012

World Para Powerlifting launches free Webinar Series
Online courses to be hosted by world-leading experts in different languages across a wide range of topics

Action returns at US Open
First Grand Slam takes place in Flushing Meadows since the Australian Open in late January

Batt pays homage to grandfather in Rising Phoenix
Australian wheelchair rugby superstar opens up about Pops' impact on him in film

With renewed expectations Norimatsu looks to Tokyo
“Who would imagine myself to be on the Tokyo Paralympic stage?”
Athletes invited for global discussion on player engagement
"We are creating an exciting space for all wheelchair basketball athletes to feel valued, heard and respected"

World A-Pool Championships to return to Ostrava in 2021
Top five finishers in Czech Republic automatically qualify for the Beijing 2022 Paralympic Winter Games

Sprinter and hip-hop artist preaches positivity
French Para athlete releases new single "La Banane"

Athletes in numbers: Jonas Jacobsson
Swedish athlete is the most successful shooter in Paralympic Games' history

World champions back to competition mode in GB and Japan
Hannah Cockroft, Brent Lakatos and Maya Nakanishi shine at National Championships in Great Britain and Japan
Bernal stays busy ahead of US Open
Colombian wheelchair tennis player lives her life with a view on the long-term, already planning the career she wants beyond sports

IPC mourns Elisabeth Dendy’s passing
Paralympic Order recipient played a pioneer role in the Paralympic Movement

Musical fiesta brings curtains down on IPC’s 1YTG campaign
Sport lovers were treated to two weeks of online extravaganza with their stars

Erica Gavel: 'It will be the best Games ever'
The Canadian athlete juggles a high performance career in wheelchair basketball, PhD studies plus a goal to help her team recapture their crown at Tokyo 2020
Paralympians lift schoolchildren’s spirits
Schools in Australia and Japan continue IPC’s education programme through testing times

Art and Para sport: a perfect match
'The picture of my fiancé is definitely my most important,' Stefanie Herrmann recalls the artwork that changed her destiny