Paniz Yousefi Mojtahedi has worked to make her sport more inclusive for athletes with a disability. Starting with badminton in Sweden, Paniz hopes to open the doors to inclusion for other sports and organisations across the world.

Olympic Solidarity is currently supporting 55 Refugee Athlete Scholarship-Holders, who are training in the hope of competing at Tokyo 2020 this summer. They come from 13 countries and are hosted by 21 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) across all 5 continents, representing 12 sports.

With a host of major sporting events on the calendar for 2021, olympic.org highlights some former Youth Olympic Games (YOG) stars who could shine over the next 12 months.

The IOC President’s visit to Tokyo continued on Tuesday with a tour of the Olympic Village and the Olympic Stadium, in the company of Olympians from Japan and other countries around the world.

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) today announced the recipients of the 2020 IOC Sport and Active Society (SAS) Development Grants.