IPC

— 22 December 2021

Eight for three spots

The battle promises to be close. No fewer than eight candidates will be vying for three places on the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) Athletes’ Commission for the Beijing 2022... Lire la suite »

— 13 December 2021

For Andrew Parsons, a Thomas Bach-like score

The comparison is obvious. On Wednesday 10 March, Thomas Bach was re-elected for a second consecutive term as IOC President. The German leader, who was the only candidate to... Lire la suite »

— 2 December 2021

‘The aura of the Paris 2024 Games opens doors and minds’

The date is symbolic. It is also a milestone. The countdown clock shows 1,000 days, this Thursday 2 December, before the opening of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games. They... Lire la suite »

— 26 October 2021

The Beijing Winter Games, life in a closed circuit

Only five months separate the end of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, on Sunday, September 5th, 2021, and the start of the Beijing Winter Games on Friday, February 4th, 2022.... Lire la suite »

— 30 September 2021

For Beijing 2022, foreign spectators will be left behind

History is repeating itself. While the Tokyo Games are barely over, the organisers of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games (February 4th to 20th) have finally unveiled their anti-COVID-19 plan.... Lire la suite »

— 21 September 2021

Andrew Parsons alone in the race

There are no bad surprises in sight for Andrew Parsons. The Brazilian leader, president of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) since September 2017, will be re-elected at the end... Lire la suite »

— 6 September 2021

Tokyo 2020, the contrasting lessons of an epic saga

Curtain. This time, it will never rise again. Four weeks after the Tokyo Olympic Games, the flame was extinguished on Sunday, September 5th, at the closing ceremony of the... Lire la suite »

— 25 August 2021

In Tokyo, Thomas Bach is no longer popular

Thomas Bach will have to get used to it: his popularity is in free fall in Japan. The day after the Tokyo Olympic Games, on Monday, August 9th, his... Lire la suite »

— 24 August 2021

With the Paralympic Games, Tokyo has rekindled the flame

History repeated itself on Tuesday, August 24th, at Tokyo’s Olympic Stadium. A little over a month after the opening of the Olympic Games, the Paralympic Games took over the... Lire la suite »

— 19 August 2021

With WeThe15, the Paralympic movement thinks big and far

Will the Tokyo Paralympic Games change society’s view of people with disabilities? Five days before the opening ceremony of the Paralympics (August 24th to September 5th), the IPC hopes... Lire la suite »