PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Flying horses: how dressage teams travel to the Paralympics
From passports to perfect plane conditions, the four-legged stars of Para equestrian get VIP treatment to prime them for competition

Paris 2024: Letulle wants to experience a "wave of emotions" in return to Invalides
French Para archer Damien Letulle is hoping to take the spotlight at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

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

Paris 2024 200 days to go: Athletes reflect on their Paralympic debuts
The Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will open on 28 August

Paris 2024 unveils Paralympic and Olympic Games medals
The medals were designed by French jeweler Chaumet and include original iron from the Eiffel Tower

Milano Cortina 2026 unveils Paralympic and Olympic mascots, Milo and Tina
Milo and Tina are two stoats that will welcome athletes and spectators from around the world

Thailand athlete Worawut Marnnok receives two-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para swimming athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for Prohibited Substances at the 11th ASEAN Para Games in Solo, Indonesia in 2022

From Athens 2004 to Beijing 2022: 20 years of Paralympic medals
Ahead of the announcement of the Paris 2024 Paralympic medals, here is all you need to know about the medals from the past 10 Paralympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Citi World Series 2024: Dream start to season for Dorsman in Great Britain
Dutch star impresses at first World Series of the season in Aberdeen taking five out of the six Dutch gold medals; host nation tops the medals table with Canada completing the top three while Spanish star Teresa Perales sets back-to-back world records*

Singapore to host 2025 World Para Swimming Championships
Competition to be held in Asia for the first time in history with around 600 athletes set to compete at the world-class OCBC Aquatic Centre within the Singapore Sports Hub from 3 to 9 October 2025

Polish athlete Grzegorz Klos receives 12-month ban for anti-doping rule violation
Shooting Para sport athlete returned adverse analytical finding for a prescription beta-blocker at the Al Ain 2022 World Shooting Para Sport Championships