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Postponed Due to COVID, the Kobe 2024 ‘World Para Athletics Championships’ Begins a Countdown to the Games

The World Para Athletics Championships is the world's premier para athletics event established by the International Paralympic Committee. The first conference was held in Berlin, Germany in 1994, and since the fifth conference in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011. The Kobe Games were scheduled to be held in 2021, but were forced to be postponed twice due to the global pandemic of the new coronavirus.

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by Michael Gillan Peckitt
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By Barrier Free Japan

October 11 2023

KOBE– The World Para Athletics Championships is the world’s premier para athletics event established by the International Paralympic Committee. The first conference was held in Berlin, Germany in 1994, and since the fifth conference in Christchurch, New Zealand in 2011, it has been held every two years.

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The Kobe Games were scheduled to be held in 2021, but were forced to be postponed twice due to the global pandemic of the new coronavirus.

Finally, in May 2024, it will be held in Kobe for the first time in East Asia. Disabled and able-bodied people will work together to “connect” the excitement of the “Tokyo 2020 Paralympics” and the growing interest in parasports to the next generation, “expand” the circle of exchange through sports, and bring people with disabilities and others together.

The organizers are aiming for a tournament that “recommends” urban development that is easy for everyone to live in.

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