It is official, Paris will host the 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. On Wednesday September 13th, the CIO announced its decision and the double allocation (Paris 2024 / Los Angeles 2028) was confirmed. Good news for the French Paralympic movement : … Lire la suite
Paris was officially awarded the 2024 Games after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) ratified a tripartite agreement with Paris and Los Angeles 2028 during the IOC Session in Lima, Peru, on Wednesday (13 September). A victory for the french paralympic … Lire la suite
The NPC France members were reunited for the General Elective Assembly at INSEP on Thursday June 1st. Ghani Yalouz, Director General of INSEP, was present for the opening of the General Assembly, proud to welcome the CPSF in September. Emmanuelle … Lire la suite
As of January 2015, it’s official! Badminton is part of the Paralympic Games in Tokyo, one of the 22 sports that will take place in the Japanese capital from the August 25 – September 6, 2020. We met with Lucas … Lire la suite
The second annual meeting of the French Paralympic and Sports Committee (CPSF) took place in Lyon, April 24-26. The event brought together nine sports federations (Handisport, Adaptive Sports, Rowing, Badminton, Canoe, Equestrian, Judo, Archery, Shooting, Triathlon) and thirty Paralympic medal … Lire la suite
One year before raising the curtain at PyeongChang 2018, an interview with Jean-Marie Frichet, chosen as Chef de Mission for the XIIe Paralympic Winter Games. What was your reaction to the announcement of your nomination as Chef de Mission … Lire la suite
One week after the submission of the final candidature file to the International Olympic Committee (IOC), a delegation from the Paris 2024 Bid Committee has visited the headquarters of the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) in Bonn (10 February 2017), Germany … Lire la suite
On January 28-29, members of the of the International Canoe Federation (ICF) Paracanoe Technical Committee met in Paris to discuss and define strategies for the Paralympic Games in Tokyo 2020. As a reminder, paracanoeing made its first Olympic appearance at … Lire la suite
The 2016 JAP (Jeunes à Potentiel, Promising Youths) meeting took place October 24-28 at the CREPS (sports training and resource center) of Bourges. The event was helmed by Sami El Gueddari, of the Fédération Française Handisport ; 110 young athletes (70 with … Lire la suite