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Swimming official training workshop completed in France
The Virtus Swimming Committee recently ran training courses for…

French players settle debts from Tokyo Paralympics at ITTF SQF French Para Open 2022
The ITTF SQF French Para Open took place from 5th to 8th May…

Virtus awarded with Social Inclusion Award 2021 by EJU
The European Judo Union announced the 2021 Social Inclusion…

Para Sailing World Championship ready to receive sailors from all countries
Our partners at World Sailing have published the Para Sailing…

Two more athletics events confirmed for 2022 programme
As the return to competition gathers pace, we are pleased to…

Virtus launches search for 2027 Global Games and 2026 Regional Games hosts
The bid process to identify the host of the 7th Virtus Global…

SIVUS India and Virtus Asia to organise webinar on athlete eligibility
SIVUS INDIA with VIRTUS ASIA is organising a webinar…

Sport Inclusion Australia joins forces with the Brisbane City Council and the Australian government to deliver 2022 Virtus Oceania-Asia Games
Virtus Australian member- Sport Inclusion Australia (SIA)…

AAU to support Taekwondo players representing USA at the upcoming 2022 Virtus Americas Games
Virtus USA member organization- Athletes Without Limit (AWL)…

Virtus statement on the ongoing crisis in Ukraine
(In ESP and FRA below)
The Virtus Governing Board are extremely…

Italy to host First Beach Soccer tournament for athletes with intellectual impairments
The Beach Soccer Department of the Lega Nazionale Dilettanti…

Erasmus+ funding for IDEAL 2.0 project awarded to Virtus
We are delighted to announce that Virtus has been awarded…

Phase 1 consultation of IPC Classification Code review makes strong progress
From the IPC website, 21.2.2022
After nearly a year of remote…

Virtus Sport Council meet to discuss 2022 programme
After 2 years of disrupted events due to Covid-19…

Virtus Vice President Robyn Smith receives OAM
Virtus would like to congratulate its Vice President Robyn Smith…

Five World records broken at 2021 Virtus Swimming Championships
After five days of action packed events, the 2021 Virtus…

Gold Coast to host first Para Sailing World Championships in 2022
The inaugural Para Sailing World Championship will be staged…

WKF Para-Karate Championship, Dubai 2021
By Mousumi Mazumdar
The World Para-Karate Championship…

Voluntary Tennis Committee Member (Europe) sought
Virtus is seeking application for the position of Virtus Tennis…

2022 list of banned substances and methods published
We would like to draw your attention to the WADA 2022 list of…

Athletes with intellectual impairment highlighted at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
By Mousumi Mazumdar (First published on IPC website on 06 Nov…

Female athletes steal the show at Tokyo 2020
By Mousumi Mazumdar (First published on IPC website on…

Results of the 2021 Para Equestrian Video Competition published!
We are delighted to publish the results of the 5th Para Equestrian…

Virtus Webinar - 25.10.21 - Register NOW!
We are pleased to invite you to join the next in our series…

Virtus World Swimming Championships - rearranged dates
We are pleased to confirm that the 2021 Virtus World Swimming…

Virtus Webinars
We are pleased to invite you to join the next in our series…

2020 Annual Report published
Virtus has today published its annual report for 2020, a year…

It’s a GOLD for Abdul Latif Romly (MAS)
Day 11: Men's F20 Long Jump finishes Games campaign for athletes…

GOLD Medal dedicated to Grandad
Day-10 (Part-2): Title reclaimed after 9 years by Karolina Kucharczyk…

Superstar of the track takes home fourth Paralympic Gold
Day-10 (Part-1): Barbara Bieganowska- Zajac from wins her 4th…

Paralympians creating legacies at Tokyo 2020 Games
Day 9:New World Records created in Aquatics at Tokyo 2020 Paralympic…

PRESS STATEMENT: Athlete support and well-being is paramount.
September 02, 2021.
When three F20 Shot Put athletes were…

Singing and dancing celebrations for Gold Medallists
Day-7: Another hot, humid and wet evening at Tokyo did not affect…

Day 6: Games debutants light up the track
By Mousumi Mazumdar & Rebekah Thornton
It was an intense…

Sisters, competitors, Gold and Bronze medallists
Day-5 (Part 2): Ecuadorian sisters dominate Women’s F20 Shot…

Peter Palos now a three time Paralympic Gold Medallist
Day – 5 (Part 1): Peter Palos (HUN) claims third Gold and fourth…

Elena Prokofeva shows she is GOLDEN!
Day - 4 (Part 2): Elena Prokofeva (RPC), at the age of 50, claims…

Humidity affects the game for van Acker
Day-4: Former Paralympic champion, Florian van Acker, blames…

Swimmers Reece Dunn and Valeriia Shabalina doubled their Gold tally
Day-3: Swimmers Reece Dunn and Valeriia Shabalina doubled their…

Table Tennis heats up Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium
Day-2: Rio 2016 Paralympic Table Tennis medallists, begin defence…

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
DAY-1: Russian Shabalina breaks her own record World Record
By…

Seefeld - Austria to host 2022 World Skiing Championships
Virtus, the International Federation for sport for athletes with…

2021 World Athletics Championships close
The 2021 Virtus World Athletics Championships have closed with…

Launching The Virtus Academy
Virtus – the International Federation for sport for athletes…

Sam Von Einem Aiming For Gold In Tokyo
Australian Table Tennis player Sam von Einem is one of the famous…






Great Britain’s Kiera Byland: Daring to dream
Great Britain’s Kiera Byland is ‘daring to dream’ of multiple…

Collet targets Global Games triple
By Giuseppe Napoli and Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Falk set to make World Championships debut
By Alison Thompson and Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Turnbull prepares for potential Global Games debut
By Mariam Khan | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment Sport
Great…

Australia’s Harding hopes for home success at Global Games
By Alison Thompson | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Kaitlyn Papworth: From backyard basketball to success
By Alison Thompson | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Lenine Cunha on reaching 200 career medals, his mother and life as an athlete
Portugal’s Lenine Cunha is a familiar face on the Virtus: World…

Volegov aims high at 2019 World Intellectual Impairment Sport Skiing World Championships
By Lotte Rooijendijk | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Russia’s Nikitina in the hunt for cycling gold at World Intellectual Impairment Sport Global Games
By Giuseppe Napoli | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Going for gold: Duinkerke on the road to Brisbane 2019
By Giuseppe Napoli | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Alberto Campbell-Staines: Global Games hometown hero
Gaurav Mokhasi | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Wren preparing to take on world at home World Intellectual Impairment Sport Global Games
By Mariam Khan and Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment Sport
Australia…

Miyares: I want to break as many records as possible at Global Games
By Georgia McCutcheon and Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Berger aims to fly high at Global Games
By Gaurav Mokhasi | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Wong has her eyes on the prize on the road to 2019 World Intellectual Impairment Sport Global Games
By Mariam Khan | For Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment Sport
Hong…

Pierce eyes Tokyo 2020 swimming berth
By Georgia McCutcheon and Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment…

Jansson wants to prove doubters wrong at home World Intellectual Impairment Sport Football Worlds
Sweden’s Anders Jansson wants to use his home Football World…