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The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has added one more medal event in road cycling to the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic sport programme in an effort to increase the number of athletes with high support needs competing at the Games. The new event is the men’s H1 time...

The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Council has held its first joint session with the IPC Governing Board, during its latest meeting in Bonn, Germany, between 20 and 22 June. During the days in the IPC’s home city, the Council received updates on...

The years pass by but one thing remains the same: Daniel Dias winning trophies. Brazil’s most decorated Paralympian successfully defended the men’s World Para Swimming World Series title in 2018. “It was a nice surprise,” said Dias. “This year’s World Series events...

Denmark’s Peter Rosenmeier is aiming to bounce back from a disappointing 2017 by winning his first Para table tennis world title since 2010 this October in Lasko-Celje, Slovenia. After the shock of crashing out in the 2017 European Championships quarter finals, 2018...

After not making the US wheelchair rugby team for the Rio 2016 Paralympics, Joe Delagrave is back and ready to prove his value at August’s World Championships in Sydney, Australia. The co-captain has worked tirelessly since missing out on the USA’s silver medal win...

Adrian Castro wants to return to winning ways, and the Polish wheelchair fencer believes his home World Cup in Warsaw next month is the perfect starting point. “Fencing at home only affects me positively,” Castro explained.” I like the pressure and the thrill.”...

Kazakhstan’s first Para dance sport world champion Karlygash Tynabekova proved she is not a one-hit wonder after a dazzling performance in June’s Polish Open. The 30-year-old made history for her country last October in Malle, Belgium, by winning the women’s singles...

As Costa Rica prepare to play their final FIFA World Cup match of Russia 2018 against Switzerland, their blind football team has been making history. Teenager Angel Flores Guardado has entered the record books as the youngest player to compete at an International...