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Nominations open for IPC Athletes‘ Council election that will take place during the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has opened the nomination process for the IPC Athletes’ Council, ahead of an election that will take place at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games. The IPC Athletes’ Council is a highly engaged group consisting of 12 current and retired Paralympians, and one from the IOC Athletes’ Commission Representative. Their mission is to be the voice of current, future and retired Paralympic athletes within the Paralympic Movement, in the strategic direction of the IPC, and to support athletes both on and off the field of play. The term of office for the six summer athlete representatives on the IPC Athletes‘ Council (elected during the Rio 2016…
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IPC and Infront sign ground-breaking media rights partnership
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has awarded the European media rights to the Beijing 2022 and Paris 2024 Paralympic Games to Infront, a Wanda Sports Group company, following a public request for information. The agreement, which covers 51 European territories (excluding the UK for 2022 and the UK and France for 2024), also includes a content creation element which will see Infront Productions work alongside Paralympic sport stakeholders in between the Games to maximise the storytelling potential of each event and provide athletes broader exposure. Infront plans to leverage and replicate the huge success of the Paralympic Games broadcast coverage in the UK, where Channel 4’s coverage of the London…
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Iranian Para athlete Hamid Eslami suspended for anti-doping rule violation
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has suspended the Iranian Para athlete Hamid Eslami for four years after committing an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The Para athletics T11 runner returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided on 17 August 2019 in an out of competition test. The substance was EPO (Erythropoietin), which is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2019 Prohibited List under the class S2. Peptide Hormones, Growth Factors, Related Substances and Mimetics. As a result of the violation, Eslami will be ineligible for competition for four years from 14 October 2019 to 14 October 2023. “Eslami was part of a Registered…
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Key Board decisions taken related to future Paralympic Games
The IPC Governing Board concluded four days of online meetings on Tuesday (15 December) making key decisions relating to the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games sport programme and Paris 2024 venue masterplan, as well as receiving updates on preparations for Tokyo 2020. Five sports so far included for Milano Cortina 2026 The IPC Governing Board approved the inclusion of Para alpine skiing, Para ice hockey, Para Nordic skiing (biathlon and cross-country skiing), Para snowboard and wheelchair curling at the Milano Cortina 2026 Paralympic Winter Games sport programme. A decision on whether to include Para bobsleigh was deferred until early 2021. For the first time, the Board also provisionally approved…
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IPC to provide EUR 1.8 million worth of grants to support members during COVID-19 pandemic
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to make EUR 1.8 million worth of grant funding available to its 200-plus member organisations during 2021 as part of efforts to provide additional support during the COVID-19 pandemic.The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) is to make EUR 1.8 million worth of grant funding available to its 200-plus member organisations during 2021 as part of efforts to provide additional support during the COVID-19 pandemic. This one-off grant support initiative – the biggest of its kind in the history of the IPC – is a result of financial support from the Toyota NPC Development Programme and IPC international partner Citi. It is also a combination of…
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The IPC and UN Human Rights sign landmark agreement
To mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (3 December), the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (UN Human Rights) have signed a landmark Co-operation Agreement to collaborate on several initiatives that will further the rights of persons with disabilities. As part of an agreement signed by IPC President Andrew Parsons and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet, the two organisations will work together with several other like-minded organisations to deliver a global communications campaign around next year’s Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games that aims to change global attitudes towards disability and further the human rights agenda. The IPC…
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IPC and Commonwealth Games Federation form new partnership
. The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) have signed a new co-operation agreement that will strengthen Para sport at the Commonwealth Games and across the Commonwealth. As a major global multi-sport event that first featured Para athletes at the 1994 edition, the Commonwealth Games has continued striving for further inclusion. The latest edition at Gold Coast 2018 set a Games record of 300 Para athletes across 38 medal events in seven sports. Now, the new partnership between the IPC and the CGF allows both organisations to work closely together to better develop the Games’ Para sport programme. As part of the agreement, every edition following…
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The IPC and The Valuable 500 to partner to drive disability inclusion
As part of both organisations’ efforts to transform the lives of persons with disabilities, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and The Valuable 500 have signed a co-operation agreement to collaborate on mutually beneficial initiatives. Under the terms of the agreement, the IPC and The Valuable 500 will partner to deliver a global communications campaign around the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games in collaboration with several other organisations. The two parties will collaborate on major events, explore shared interests around strategy, policy, development and the promotion of persons with disabilities. In addition, the IPC will also aim to engage and encourage its commercial and broadcast partners, as well as suppliers, to join…
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Costa Rican Para athlete Sherman Guity suspended for anti-doping rule violation
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has banned Costa Rican Para athlete Sherman Guity for two years after he committed an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV). The T64 sprinter returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in a urine sample provided on 23 July 2019 in an out of competition test. The substance was Clostebol, which is included on the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) 2019 Prohibited List under the class S1.1A Exogenous Anabolic Androgenic Steroids (AAS). On the basis of the evidence presented by the athlete, the IPC accepted that the violation was not intentional, and was the result of the athlete’s use of a medicinal product following the removal…
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The IPC seek 2021 General Assembly host
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has confirmed that its next General Assembly will take place in December 2021 and launched a global search to find a suitable host city. Taking place between 11-12 December 2021, the IPC General Assembly will bring together up to 500 people representing National Paralympic Committees, International Federations, International Organisations of Sport for the Disabled and Regional Organisations. As the supreme decision-making body of the IPC, members attending the 2021 General Assembly will elect a new IPC Governing Board, be asked to approve a new IPC constitution, and discuss and sign-off various other policies and procedures that will have an impact on the future direction of…
