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Background In 2011 the state program “Accessible Environment” was launched to resolve the problem of inaccessible buildings and services in Russia. However, at the very beginning of the program the issue of lack of specialists in the field of creation of accessible...
Construction on the University of Rehabilitation, a higher education institution designed for cultivating rehabilitation talent, formally began on June 11th with an inauguration ceremony in Qingdao, east China’s Shandong Province. The proposal of construction on the...
Peruvian powerlifter Diego Quispe knows the Parapan American Games will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for him to compete at a major international Para sport competition on home soil in Lima. But beyond his sporting performance, the 20-year-old is excited by the...
World champions Markus Rehm, Aled Davies and Martina Caironi are among an elite field set to line up at the 14th International Meeting of L'Hospitalet in Spain on Sunday. Around 250 athletes from up to 12 countries are confirmed for the World Para Athletics ratified...
The Swiss rain failed to dampen Australian Vanessa Low’s ambitions as she registered a massive world lead of 5.26m in the women’s long jump T61 on Saturday at the Nottwil Grand Prix. Low, who leapt a world record of 5.05m at the Dubai Grand Prix earlier this year,...
One month ahead of the host city election, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has released the report by the Evaluation Commission for 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games which featured IPC Governing Board member Muffy Davis. The report provides a thorough...
Top wheelchair racers Daniel Romanchuk and Brent Lakatos re-wrote the record books at the Nottwil Grand Prix on Sunday, rounding off the Swiss meeting in spectacular style. USA’s Romanchuk knocked more than 0.5 seconds off his previous world record in the men’s 5000m...
Serhii Yemelianov continued his reign as the undisputed king of the men’s KL3 and New Zealand’s Scott Martlew broke through for his first major international gold on the final day of the Para Canoe World Cup in Poznan, Poland, on Saturday. Ukraine’s Rio 2016 gold...
Mexico’s national blind football team captain Jorge Lanzagorta has been on an incredible journey in a short period of time. But as well as being one of his team’s most prolific players, Lanzagorta is also a celebrated filmmaker. With a degree in communications, the...
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