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By IPC The year started with high hopes and anticipation for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics. While the COVID-19 pandemic that took hold since March turned the entire world’s expectations upside down, the Paralympic Movement saw glimmers of light during a dark year: FINDING A NEW CALLING The pandemic showed a different side of many Para athletes, who felt compelled to flex their medical backgrounds in the health crisis. US Paralympic snowboard medallist Brittani Coury and two-time British Paralympic table tennis player Kim Daybell went to the frontlines to battle the coronavirus. Coury, a regist...

By World Para Swimming The year the world of sports stood still was not short of action in Para swimming, both in and out of the pool.  Here is a lookback at some of the top moments of 2020. World Series before and after While most of the 2020 World Series had to be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne and Berlin managed to host the competition in 2020. The Australian city received the series in February and while the hosts topped the medal table there were also some great performances from the guests. USA’s newcomer Anastasia Pagonis took two gold medals in her World Series d...