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2024 U.S. Paralympic Team Trials Head to Minneapolis, Chula Vista

The 2024 U.S Paralympic Team Trials for para swimming will be held in Minneapolis, Minnesota, while the trials for para track and field will be held in Chula Vista, California. Both events will bring together nearly 200 athletes competing for a spot on the U.S. Paralympic Team ahead of the 2024 Paralympic Summer Games in […]

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Volt Hockey
Volt hockey offers athletes with disabilities the chance to move around in specialized wheelchairs that go up to 10 mph. Photo courtesy of Boston Whiplash

Volt Hockey Offers Athletes with Disabilities an Exciting New Sport

The Northeastern University men’s and women’s hockey teams showed up to the rink prepared for a battle. These teams have won Beanpot tournaments and been to Frozen Fours, but they were no match for the squads they were up against. Two games took place that day in Boston, with the Division I athletes getting blanked […]

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World Combat Games

Paralympic Sports to Make World Combat Games Debut in 2023

The Riyadh 2023 World Combat Games organizing committee has announced its decision to include Paralympic sports for the first time in the event’s history. Six Paralympic sports will be welcomed into the 2023 World Combat Games lineup, which is hosted by a Middle Eastern country for the first time. Scheduled to take place from October […]

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Winter Olympics Salt Lake City
Georg Hackl of Germany speeds past an Olympic logo during a practice run for the men's singles luge at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Future Salt Lake Olympics Bigger Than Ever, Bid Group Says

A potential future Olympics would be 40 percent bigger than the 2002 Olympic Winter Games and 60 percent larger than the 2002 Paralympic Winter Games, the Salt Lake City-Utah Committee for the Games told a state government committee on Thursday. Per the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games Act passed earlier this year by the Utah […]

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U.S. Ski & Snowboard

U.S. Para Alpine Ski and Snowboard Teams Join U.S. Ski & Snowboard

U.S. Ski & Snowboard, the National Governing Body for skiing and snowboarding in the United States, has announced the addition of the U.S. Para Alpine Ski Team and U.S. Para Snowboard Team onto its roster, marking a step forward in promoting inclusivity and equal opportunities within winter sports. The teams will be led by newly […]

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2026 Winter Olympic Milan Cortina

Milano Cortina 2026 Organizers Mark Milestone

The preparations for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games have stepped up a gear as the Milano Cortina 2026 Organizing Committee has given the International Olympic Committee an update with 1,000 days to go on Games planning, venue masterplan, governance and commercial developments, projecting an optimistic outlook for Games preparations. Stakeholder engagement was a common theme […]

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national collegiate wheelchair championships
Drake University will host the first ever 100m national collegiate wheelchair championships as part of the Drake Relays on April 29. Photo by Mike Byrnes/Drake University

Field Announced for Inaugural 100m National Collegiate Wheelchair Championships

The United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee, the NCAA and Drake University have announced the field of competitors for the inaugural 100m national collegiate wheelchair championships. The event is slated for April 29 as part of the 2023 Drake Relays in Des Moines, Iowa, and is one of several initiatives of the USOPC/NCAA Para-College Inclusion […]

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IPC Strategic Plan

International Paralympic Committee Unveils Strategic Plan

The International Paralympic Committee has published its new strategic plan for 2023–2026 which aims to advance the Paralympic Movement through membership engagement, transformative Paralympic Games, showcasing the impact of Para sport and more. “Due to the evolution of IPC members and the Paralympic Games, the Paralympic Movement has now reached a level of maturity whereby […]

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Tokyo Olympics 2032 Host Brisbane
The Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of Brisbane, Councillor Adrian Schrinner, Senator the Honourable Richard Colbeck, Minister for Senior Australians and Aged Care Services and Minister for Sport, John Coates AC, President, Australian Olympic Committee, three time Olympic gold medalist James Tomkins and The Honourable Annastacia Palaszczuk MP, Premier of Queensland and Minister for Trade, attend a press conference after Brisbane was announced as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city during the IOC Session at Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP)

Australian Governments to Split 2032 Olympic Venue Funding

The Australian national and Queensland state governments have agreed to a funding split to build or remodel venues for the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Summer Games that will be hosted by Brisbane. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese anounced the $4.8 billion agreement at the Queensland state capital Friday. The International Olympic Committee awarded the 2032 […]

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