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Taiwan increases cash bonuses for Paralympians

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

President Lai Ching-te announced at the farewell ceremony for Taiwan’s Paralympic team last Friday that the government has increased bonuses for the country’s Paralympic athletes. The delegation, competing as Chinese Taipei, boasts of 13 athletes who have qualified to participate in seven sports.

winning medals.President Lai further said that prizes awarded to athletes in the Deaflympics, the Asian Para

Paralympians.In Paris, the Taiwanese contingency will compete in table tennis, badminton, archery, taekwondo


Georgian para-athletes leave for Paris

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

The Georgian Paralympic team left on Sunday for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. The delegation is composed of 14 athletes who will compete in six sports. 

Para-taekwondo athletes Ana Japaridze and Lia Chachibaia are the first to compete on Thursday in the


The 18 venues that will define the Paris 2024 Paralympics

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

After the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the French capital will once again become the world centre of sport. This time, it will host the Paralympic Games between August 28 and September 8. It will be the first time that France has organised an event like this, with 18 venues for all competitions. 

From 4 to 7 September, this vibrant suburb will host the para-cycling races, featuring a route that winds

PalaisThe Grand Palais, with its magnificent glass roof and historical significance, will host fencing and taekwondo


Paris Paralympics to showcase best of disability sport

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

The Paralympics begin on Wednesday in Paris, putting on display the talents of remarkable athletes in a city still riding the wave of the highly successful Summer Olympic Games. 

September 8, including the Grand Palais which scored rave reviews for its hosting of the fencing and taekwondo

The La Defense Arena is back as well, hosting the 141 gold-medal events in para-swimming, as is the Stade


Grand Palais now ready for Para Taekwondo athletes

  • Para-Taekwondo News

The Para taekwondo competitions at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games are scheduled for 29-31 August with

The letter K stands for Kyorugi, or combat in French.Among the great medal hopefuls in the Para taekwondo

(-52 kg, Turkiye), Beth Munro (-65 kg, Great Britain) and Guljonoy Naimova (+65 kg, Uzbekistan).The taekwondo


Paris 2024 Paralympics: Record number of delegations and women

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

A record number of delegations and women will compete at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced just four days before of the Opening Ceremony.

sports - Para cycling, Para archery, Para athletics, Para badminton, Para canoeing, Para equestrian,

Para judo, Para powerlifting, Para rowing, Para shooting, Para swimming, Para taekwondo, Para triathlon

than males, while Para badminton, Para rowing, Goalball and Wheelchair basketball have gender parity

Boccia (68 men/57 women), Para judo (79/68), Para taekwondo (61/60), Para triathlon (66/55), Sitting

Para swimming is the second with 608 athletes competing in 141 medal events.


Paris 2024 Paralympic Games - almost two million tickets sold

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

With five days to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, but more than 1.75 million tickets have already been sold for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, including more than 700,000 since the start of the Olympic Games, with many events on the verge of selling out.

available for just €15 to experience the excitement of the Games with emblematic Paralympic sports such as Para

Athletics at the Stade de France, Wheelchair Tennis at Roland-Garros, Para Swimming at the Paris La

Taekwondo (Grand Palais), Para Track Cycling (Vélodrome National de St Quentin en Yvelines), Para Equestrian

 Hospitality packages are available for the two Ceremonies and for eight Para Sports (Para Athletics

, Wheelchair Basketball, Blind Football, Para Track Cycling, Para Judo, Para Swimming, Wheelchair Rugby


Refugee Paralympic Team training camp ahead of Paris 2024 Paralympics

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

As they finalise their preparations for the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, members of the Refugee Paralympic Team have taken part in a training camp in Reims, France, at the Centre for Resources, Expertise and Sport Performance (CREPS).

Four of them have competed in previous Paralympics, including Para-Triathlete Ibrahim Al Hussein.

Zakia Khudadadi, who won the 47kg category at the 2023 European Taekwondo Championships, will be the


Paralympics give second life to major venues of Paris 2024

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

The Paris Paralympic Games will take over from 28 August to 8 September, aiming for a seamless transition with minimal changes. To achieve this, the organisers have opted to hold most of the events at the same venues used during the Olympics, striving for a tone of inclusivity and accessibility.

Taekwondo.

serve as the venue for Para Judo and Wheelchair Rugby.Additionally, the Invalides will host Para Archery

its legacy with Para Athletics.

and para-rowing, and the Porte de La Chapelle Arena for para-badminton and para-weightlifting.

Velodrome will host para-cycling events.


Final touches to ensure Athletes' Village shines at Paralympics

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics

the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will open its doors on Sunday, 18 August, to welcome the world’s top Para

continue to be operational, offering facilities for sports like Wheelchair Fencing, Sitting Volleyball, Para

Taekwondo, Para Powerlifting, Wheelchair Basketball, and Goalball.


Paris revolutionises accessibility ahead of the Paralympic Games

  • Paris 2024

As the countdown to the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games continues, the City of Paris has emerged as a leader in accessibility and inclusion, spurred on by significant investments aimed at transforming the French capital into a more inclusive city. More than €125 million has been earmarked for initiatives that will benefit both residents and the millions of tourists who visit the French capital each year.

These improvements are part of a wider effort to build a strong foundation for Para sport in Paris.The

commitment to inclusive sport extends to the Club Inclusif initiative, which aims to create a network of Para-friendly

blind football under the Eiffel Tower, equestrian events in the gardens of Versailles and fencing and taekwondo


World Taekwondo to pursue Para Poomsae for LA 2028 inclusion

  • Para-Taekwondo News

The World Taekwondo has decided to pursue the Los Angeles 28 Paralympic Games programme for Para Poomsae

The decision has come just before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games which will witness Para Taekwondo Kyorugi

will arrange a World Para Taekwondo Poomsae event following the Paris 2024 Games, utmost efforts have

submit an application for Para Taekwondo Poomsae’s inclusion in the Los Angeles 2028 Paralympic Games

to the International Paralympic Committee.The World Taekwondo will arrange a World Para Taekwondo Poomsae

said in a letter to its Member National Associations.Meanwhile, Para Taekwondo Committee Chairman Usman


Two refugee Para Taekwondo athletes to compete at Paris 2024

  • Para-Taekwondo News

121 athletes from 52 nations, 2 refugee athletes and 2 Individual Neutral Athletes will compete in 10 medal events at Grand Palais at the Paris 2024 Paralympics. Athletes will compete in 10 Kyorugi disciplines from 29-31 August.

Ivory Coast, Costa Rica, Georgia, Ghana, Greece, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, Morocco, Nepal and the USA.Para Taekwondo

The World Taekwondo together with World Para Athletics have the highest number of of two athletes in

the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, and Hasan Hassanzada (Men K44 -80kg) will be part of the Refugee team for Para

Taekwondo in Paris.Paris 2024 Paralympic Games Technical Delegate Chakir Chelbat said, that having two

 "Thanks to the wise leadership of World Taekwondo President Dr.


Torch Relay Stage 67: Magic in Seine-Saint-Denis

  • Paris 2024

The day before the official opening of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the Olympic Torch Relay visited Seine-Saint-Denis. The area, which will host Olympic and Paralympic events, saw more than 200 torchbearers from Noisy-le-Grand to Parc Georges Valbon, including celebrities such as Thuram and Ourahmoune.

Olympic Aquatic Centre (for artistic swimming, diving and water polo), the Stade de France (athletics, para-athletics

wall, the Arena Paris Nord (boxing, modern pentathlon, sitting volleyball), the Parc Georges Valbon (para-marathon

) and Clichy-sous-Bois (para-cycling).The relay festivities began in Noisy-le-Grand with a visit to the

bronze medallist at the Tokyo Games with the French women's basketball team, and Gwladys Epangue, a taekwondo


Torch Relay Stage 63: A great experience in the Val-de-Marne

  • Paris 2024

This particularly exciting week for the Olympic Torch Relay came to am end in the Val-de-Marne. In this region, which combines urban areas and natural sites, it was taken from Orly airport to Créteil, via Vincennes and Vitry-sur-Seine.

judoka Coralie Haymé, former French figure skating champion Anne-Sophie de Kristoffy, Clara Mallien (taekwondo

for the French presidents from 1997 to 2021; singer-songwriter Gauvain Sers; singer-musician Hervé; Para-dancer

Alexandre Arlé; Catherine Augoyard (Para-sport); René Caillet, a passionate sports trainer, coach and