All Paralympics articles
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News briefsIPC reinstates Russia, Belarus
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has lifted its partial suspensions on the national Paralympic committees (NPCs) of Russia and Belarus
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News briefsAsics becomes official supplier to Asian Paralympic Committee
The company will provide sports apparel, footwear and accessories for APC’s staff involved in the fifth Asian Para Games.
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News briefsOrganizing Committee created for the French Alps 2030 Olympics
The General Assembly also voted in favor of Edgar Grospiron as its President.
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News briefsFestival dello Sport in Trento exceeds expectations
Among the speakers were sports stars like Carl Lewis, George Weah, Charles Leclerc and Tadej Pogačar, to mention but a few.
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ArticleWFSGI extends uniform support and “Road to Paris” to Paralympics 2024
While ”Road to Paris” aims to enhance the visibility of Paralympic athletes, the Uniform Support Program provides critical assistance to NPCs that need support in securing competition-compliant uniforms.
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News briefsParis 2024 megastore open on Champs-Elyseés
The flagship store for the official boutiques of the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games is now open to the public on the prestigious Champs-Elysées avenue, more precisely on Place Clémenceau, next to the Grand Palais and the Concorde Urban Park. The Paris 2024 megastore features around 1,000 sqm of ...
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ArticleLA28 announces updated master plan for Olympic and Paralympic venues
The Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games LA28 has revised and published the master plan for the venues. Almost all disciplines will take place in the greater Los Angeles area – with the exception of the canoe and softball competitions, which will be held in Oklahoma City. Overview ...
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News briefsLe Coq Sportif’s losses soar, SIX suspends trading of Airesis
Swiss holding company Airesis announced as part of the presentation of preliminary figures that Le Coq Sportif, which will provide the French teams at the Olympic Games in Paris with around 370,000 items of clothing and equipment, suffered a loss of around 36 million Swiss francs (€37.3m) in 2023 and ...
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ArticleReynold Hoover named CEO of LA28
Source: LA28 The Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games Los Angeles 2028 has announced the appointment of US Army veteran Reynold Hoover as Chief Executive Officer. He will direct the Committee’s day-to-day work and report to Casey Wasserman, the LA28 Chairperson and President. Hoover will ...
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ArticleIOC might be losing a big sponsor
Toyota plans to end, or not renew, its sponsorship deal with the International Olympic Committee (IOC) once the Paris Games are over, according to Japan’s Kyodo News. The deal, worth some $835 million, is reportedly the IOC’s largest. Toyota is one of 15 companies in The Olympic Partner (TOP) program, ...
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ArticleGlobal survey on women’s sports calls for brand investment
According to a new global survey from Parity and SurveyMonk, women’s sports fandom is moving to the mainstream, and the gender gap is expected to narrow further in the coming years. However, more than half of the surveyed (53 percent on average) said that brands are not investing enough in ...
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News briefsSuperfeet supports US track & field athletes ahead of Paris 2024
Source: Superfeet Insole specialist Superfeet announced its support of several female Team USA hopefuls in their quest to compete in the Paris Games. Leveraging a partnership with Parity, a sports marketing platform dedicated to closing the gender income and opportunity gap, Superfeet collaborates with seven track and ...
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News briefsIOC announces Looney Tunes licensing deal
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced a global licensing agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery Global Consumer Products (WBDGCP) that will see Looney Tunes characters featured in a collection of official Olympic-licensed products. Well-known characters like Tweety, Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, Daffy Duck and Wile E. Coyote will now feature ...
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News briefsSwitzerland seeking to host a decentralized Winter Olympics
On Oct. 18, the Swiss Olympic Committee released a feasibility study to introduce a country-wide proposal to host two consecutive Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. The study follows by about a week an announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), as we’ve just reported, that even fewer cities have the ...
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News briefsMacron participates in the 2nd Paralympic Day ahead of Paris 2024
The 2nd Paralympic Day was held at Place de la République in Paris on Oct. 8, on the eve of the opening of the ticket sales for the 2024 Paralympic Games. The event, which saw the presence of French President Emmanuel Macron, was co-organized by the Paris 2024 Organising Committee ...
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News briefsStadium launches collaboration with para-alpine skier Ebba Årsjö
Source: Stadium Ebba Årsjö Swedish retail chain Stadium and Swedish para-alpine skier Ebba Årsjö are entering into a long-term collaboration next year. The main focus of the partnership is to inspire children and young people to try new sports and take on challenges in their own way, ...
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News briefsSweden considers 2030 Winter Olympics bid
The Swedish Olympic Committee (SOK) has announced that it has started “a preliminary study” to consider a potential bid for the 2030 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. SOK acting vice president Hans von Uthmann will head the feasibility study’s steering group. The committee is planning to release an interim report ...
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News briefsParis 2024 reveals its mascots
The president of the Games’ organizing committee, Tony Estanguet, has unveiled the identity of the Paris 2024 official mascots for both the Olympic and Paralympic Games, “The Phryges,” named after the iconic French cap, the “Phrygian” (pronounced fri-jee-uhn). Their anthropomorphic design is an evolution of this piece of France’s cultural ...
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News briefsAndrea Varnier set to become the new CEO of Milano Cortina 2026
Andrea Varnier is set to become the new CEO of the organizing committee of the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games. Varnier was chosen for the role by Italy’s minister of sports, Andrea Abodi. His appointment will not be official until Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni approves it. ...
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News briefsDecathlon becomes official partner of Paris 2024
Decathlon has become an official partner of the Paris edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, scheduled for 2024. The company will be supplying the games’ 45,000 volunteers with a variety of products, holding a number of related events at its 300-odd stores in France, introducing a capsule collection with ...
