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Championships in New Delhi</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="article-item"> <div class="article-wrap"> <div class="article-thumbnail"> <figure class="img-box"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_3_4_800_1067/public/2025-03/Jodie%20Grinham%2C%20Great%20Britain%2C%20Paris%202024%20Para%20archery.jpg?h=35449822&itok=n-ltkiZf" alt="A female Para archer who is wearing a red T-shirt is aiming her bow while seven months pregnant" importance="low"> </figure> </div> <div class="article-content"> <div class="article-meta"> <span class="meta meta-category">Archery</span> </div> <a href="/feature/theres-no-stopping-us-jodie-grinham-international-womens-day" title="'There's no stopping us': Jodie Grinham's message on International Women's Day" target="_blank"> <h3 class="article-title">'There's no stopping us': Jodie Grinham's message on International Women's Day</h3> </a> <div class="article-description"> <p>On International Women's Day, we caught up with Para archer Jodie Grinham who won Paralympic gold while seven months pregnant</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="article-item"> <div class="article-wrap"> <div class="article-thumbnail"> <figure class="img-box" role="none"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2025-03/Para%20ice%20hockey%20Italy%20Beijing%202022.jpg?itok=hdbPpJMP" alt="A male Para ice hockey player celebrates by raising his Para ice hockey stick on the ice" importance="low"> </figure> </div> <div class="article-content"> <div class="article-meta"> <span class="meta meta-category">Milano Cortina 2026</span> </div> <a href="/news/milano-cortina-2026-partnership-rising-phoenix" title="Milano Cortina 2026 signs partnership with producers of Rising Phoenix"> <h3 class="article-title">Milano Cortina 2026 signs partnership with producers of Rising Phoenix</h3> </a> <div class="article-description"> <p>Milano Cortina 2026 Organising Committee has announced a content production partnership with the creators of the Emmy Award-winning Rising Phoenix, a project that will see the production of an official documentary of the Paralympic Winter Games </p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="article-item"> <div class="article-wrap"> <div class="article-thumbnail"> <figure class="img-box" role="none"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2025-03/Zakia%20Khudadadi%2C%20Paris%202024.jpg?itok=OL-jWS9-" alt="A female Para taekwondo athlete is celebrating." importance="low"> </figure> </div> <div class="article-content"> <div class="article-meta"> <span class="meta meta-category">IPC</span> </div> <a href="/news/ipc-announces-2025-international-women-s-day-recognition-award-recipients" title="IPC announces 2025 International Women’s Day Recognition Award winners"> <h3 class="article-title">IPC announces 2025 International Women’s Day Recognition Award winners</h3> </a> <div class="article-description"> <p>Penny Briscoe CBE, Zakia Khudadadi and NPC Iran recognised by the Paralympic Movement as outstanding role models</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="article-item"> <div class="article-wrap"> <div class="article-thumbnail"> <figure class="img-box" role="none"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2025-03/Milano%20Cortina%202026%20One%20Year%20To%20Go.jpg?itok=ibA4crrX" alt="Eight people, including Paralympic athletes and officials, pose for a photograph in front of a blue banner with logos of the Milano Cortina 2026 Games" importance="low"> </figure> </div> <div class="article-content"> <div class="article-meta"> <span class="meta meta-category">Milano Cortina 2026</span> </div> <a href="/news/milano-cortina-2026-launches-i-mpossible" title="Milano Cortina 2026 launches I’mPOSSIBLE education programme"> <h3 class="article-title">Milano Cortina 2026 launches I’mPOSSIBLE education programme</h3> </a> <div class="article-description"> <p>To coincide with the one year to go milestone to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026 launched the nationwide rollout of the I'mPOSSIBLE education programme.</p> </div> </div> </div> </article> <article class="article-item"> <div class="article-wrap"> <div class="article-thumbnail"> <figure class="img-box" role="none"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/styles/image_crop_16_9_800_450/public/2025-03/Arena%20di%20Verona%2C%20Italy%2C%20Milano%20Cortina%202026.jpg?itok=5Gmd3Qfy" alt="Photograph shows the Arena di Verona, which will stage the Opening Ceremony of the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games, " importance="low"> </figure> </div> <div class="article-content"> <div class="article-meta"> <span class="meta meta-category">Milano Cortina 2026</span> </div> <a href="/feature/seven-legacies-milano-cortina-2026" title="Seven legacies of Milano Cortina 2026"> <h3 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