Paris 2024 President Tony Estanguet has claimed legacy plans currently being put in place by the Organising Committee will ensure that the promotion of the Paralympic Games in six years’ time will not prove to be a problem.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) have announced that the dates for the Paris 2024 Summer Paralympic Games have been changed with the event now set to take place from August 28 to September 9.
Cerebal palsy football, golf, powerchair football and sailing have all progressed to the next stage of the sports application process for Paris 2024, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board announced today following a meeting in Bonn.
Sports and disciplines bidding for a place on the Paris 2024 programme will find out whether they have progressed to the next stage of the process when the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Governing Board holds its latest meeting this weekend.
A total of eight sports and three sport disciplines have expressed an interest in applying for inclusion on the programme for the 2024 Paralympic Games in Paris, it was announced today.
A decision on the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games sport programme will be made in early 2019, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed.
The first Winter Paralympic Games were held in Örnsköldsvik in Sweden in 1976. The disabilities included were blindness and amputees. A total of 16 countries took part with 53 athletes. Events were held in Alpine and Nordic skiing for amputee and visually impaired athletes and a demonstration event in ice sledge racing. West Germany finished top of the overall medals. They won a total of 28 medals, including 10 gold. The event was originally known as the 1st Winter Olympic Games for the Disabled.
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A new book about former International Rowing Federation President Thomi Keller by insidethegames columnist David Owen. Thomi Keller – a Life in Sport, will be published this week. This exclusive extract recalls the long campaign to get women's rowing on the Olympic programme.
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