Erasmus+ funding for IDEAL 2.0 project awarded to Virtus
We are delighted to announce that Virtus has been awarded the Erasmus+ Sport funding for the IDEAL 2.0 project. The grant has been secured for the next three years. This […]
About Mousumi Mazumdar
Mousumi Mazumdar is the Marketing and Communications officer of Virtus: World Intellectual Impairment Sport. She first supported Virtus during her Masters degree in 2018 as an intern– attending the European Summer Games in Paris and has since attended numerous events including 2019 Global Games, Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
Entries by Mousumi Mazumdar
Phase 1 consultation of IPC Classification Code review makes strong progress
21 February 2022 in Hot news /by Mousumi MazumdarFrom the IPC website, 21.2.2022 After nearly a year of remote meetings, the Code Drafting team met in person from 9th to 11th February in Bonn, Germany where the stakeholder’s […]
Virtus Sport Council meet to discuss 2022 programme
16 February 2022 in Hot news, News /by Mousumi MazumdarAfter 2 years of disrupted events due to Covid-19 pandemic, Virtus is looking forward to a busy events calendar in 2022 with important World Championships and Regional Games […]
Five World records broken at 2021 Virtus Swimming Championships
20 December 2021 in Hot news /by Mousumi MazumdarAfter five days of action packed events, the 2021 Virtus Swimming Championships have closed in Montlucon, France. Initially, the event was scheduled to be held in Brazil, however the Covid […]
Gold Coast to host first Para Sailing World Championships in 2022
3 December 2021 in Hot news /by Mousumi MazumdarThe inaugural Para Sailing World Championship will be staged in Gold Coast, Australia, 5 – 12 November 2022, for Hansa 303 class sailors from all around the world. A World […]
WKF Para-Karate Championship, Dubai 2021
2 December 2021 in Hot news /by Mousumi MazumdarBy Mousumi Mazumdar The World Para-Karate Championship took place in Dubai from 18th to 22nd November. It was the first Para-Karate championship endorsed by Virtus after the MOU with World […]
Athletes with intellectual impairment highlighted at Tokyo 2020 Paralympics
8 November 2021 in Hot news /by Mousumi MazumdarBy Mousumi Mazumdar (First published on IPC website on 06 Nov 2021) World and Paralympic records broken by athletes with intellectual impairments across three sports. A total of 161 athletes […]
Female athletes steal the show at Tokyo 2020
8 November 2021 in Hot news /by Mousumi MazumdarBy Mousumi Mazumdar (First published on IPC website on 01 Nov 2021) Tokyo 2020 saw record participation of female athletes at a Paralympic Games, an increase by 11 per […]
It’s a GOLD for Abdul Latif Romly (MAS)
4 September 2021 in Hot news, News /by Mousumi MazumdarDay 11: Men’s F20 Long Jump finishes Games campaign for athletes with Intellectual Impairment. By Mousumi Mazumdar After 11 days of non-stop actions, the events for athletes with an Intellectual […]
GOLD Medal dedicated to Grandad
3 September 2021 in Hot news, News /by Mousumi MazumdarDay-10 (Part-2): Title reclaimed after 9 years by Karolina Kucharczyk (POL) By Mousumi Mazumdar The women’s Athletics concluded tonight with F20 Long Jump. The rain from this morning continued its […]
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