PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para athletics top rivalries
Four head to head actions that you must see at the Paralympic Games

Skiing allowed ultimate freedom from disability: Thomas Walsh
‘When anyone of us clicks into our skis, all doubts, worries, social stigmas, and disabilities, are thrown to the wind’
Fazza 2020: Singapore’s Alim lives up to her reputation in Dubai
Turkey, Italy clinch two golds each

Tokyo 2020: Kunieda determined to avenge Rio loss
“I have many positive memories of the other three Games, but I’ve never watched the video from Rio.”

Para athletes to watch
Here are some of the Para athletics athletes to keep an eye on as they focus on the target at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games

Tokyo 2020: Mingyuan Yang dreams with glory
Chinese goalball player feels confident towards this year’s Paralympics

Tokyo 2020: Alison Levine looks to make history
Hopes to become first female to beat the men in Boccia BC4

Dreams turn to reality for African fighters
Six athletes secure tickets to Tokyo 2020 at continental qualifier

Tokyo 2020 unveils kinetic sport pictograms – a Games first
There are a total of 23 pictograms covering 22 Paralympic sports and 50 covering 33 Olympic sports.

Classification in Para Athletics
No other sport in the Paralympic Games has so many different classes.

Europa Cup Speed Finals in Italy cancelled
Para alpine skiing competition in Sella Nevea was scheduled to take place 2-5 March
Hosts Great Britain own the stage in Manchester
Ukraine and Mexico also put some fine performances at second World Cup of the season

Six months to go, Tsuchida targeting home Paralympics
With exactly six months to go until Tokyo 2020, one of Japan's sporting greats hopes to star at her seventh Paralympics

USA squeak out victory
USA beat Canada on penalty shootout at Women’s Showcase Series

‘Wassai’ chosen as title of Tokyo 2020 NIPPON Festival
‘Participation, Interaction and Dialogue’ programme aims to embody the concepts of traditional Japanese festivals.

Para athletics top 5 moments
From record medallists to celebrating in front of 80,000 home fans

Norway and Italy win big
Two nations win their European Championship tune-up series

World Para Swimming World Series event in Italy cancelled
Event in Lignano was scheduled to take place between 27 February and 1 March

Sport Week: Welcome to Para athletics
A closer look at the biggest sport of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in terms of participating athletes

Skier, actor, cancer survivor…Walsh ready to take on a new role
One of USA’s top skiers to share inside look at his sport in blog for World Para Alpine Skiing