PARA ATHLETICS NEWS
![Raoua Tlili of Tunisia competes in the women's discus throw - F41 final during the day 8 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/170109122107394_Raoua%2BTlili_Athletics_GettyImages-605936626.jpg)
Paralympic champions kick off season at star-studded Tunis GP
Africa's largest Para athletics competition kicks off with nearly 480 athletes from 59 countries
![Lisbeli Vera celebrates after crossing the finish line](/sites/default/files/2021-03/Lisbeli-Vera2.jpg)
Venezuela's Lisbeli Vera finds inner strength through Para sports
Parapan American champion heals from childhood bullying and becomes one of the world's top sprinters
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Hollie — The Arnold of records aims for more at Tokyo 2020
'I feel like I can go out there and push the world records even further so people can't reach that'
![Bydgoszcz 2021 European Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/pC18NdlPCBljrlvg5582lc_bLWBHKs82h9F_estmEkU.jpg?itok=pKY2J_xE)
Bydgoszcz 2021: Looking back at the Euros
Poland will host the European Para Athletics Championships for the first time from 1 to 5 June
![A group of five women with prosthetic legs running on a blue athletics track](/sites/default/files/2021-02/DSC_8420.jpg)
Italy’s Ambra Sabatini shatters world record on debut at Dubai 2021 Grand Prix
Thailand tops medals tally, followed by Uzbekistan and India
![Sandeep Chaudhary](/sites/default/files/2021-02/Sandeep%20Chaudhary.jpeg)
India’s Sandeep Chaudhary gets the distance in Dubai again
‘At Tokyo 2020, I just want to turn my dream into reality, by winning a medal’
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Dubai hosts 2021 season-opening World Para Athletics Grand Prix
More than 470 athletes from 52 countries in action, including world champions making return to stadium where they were crowned in 2019
Kiara Rodriguez seeks to win Ecuador's first Paralympic medal
The 18-year-old long jumper targets Tokyo success following world and Parapan titles
![An armless woman competing in Para cross-country in a snowy course](/sites/default/files/2021-01/Danielle%20Aravich-Nordic.jpg)
Danielle Aravich's mission: make dual Games debuts six months apart
US athlete and one hand photographer targets qualification for Tokyo 2020 in Para athletics and in Para Nordic skiing at Beijing 2022
![Three female blade runners in an indoor track](/sites/default/files/2021-01/MM4_2906.jpg)
Newcomers shine at Italy’s Indoor Nationals
Italian athletes return to action in preparation for the European Championships and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games
![Francisca Mardones looks to the sky while holding her gold medal](/sites/default/files/2019-11/Francisca-Mardones.jpg)
Francisca Mardones recalls greatest victory while she eyes Tokyo success
Chilean shot put thrower remembers her world title in 2019, obtained days after the death of her father
![A woman in white skirt and blue jacket posing in front of the athletics stadium during the Beijing 2008 Paralympics](/sites/default/files/2021-01/Sue%20Beijing%202008%20%282%29.jpg)
World Para Athletics saddened by passing of Sue McKiernan
Former ITO was directly involved in the development of Para athletics throughout the 1990s and beginning of the 2000s
![Shunya Takahashi](/sites/default/files/2020-12/Shunya%20Takahashi.jpg)
Shunya Takahashi: Loosen up to maximise performance
A former baseball player, the Japanese athlete now has his sights on qualifying for Tokyo 2020 Games in another sport - javelin
![Three men in wheelchairs and face masks in a podium in front of Buckingham Palace in London](/sites/default/files/2020-12/GettyImages-1278425069.jpg)
Para athletics top 2020 moments
From a bio secure marathon bubble in the streets of London to world records around the world a lookback at the last 12 months
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Canada’s Nathan Riech following in family’s footsteps
World champion and Tokyo 2020 favourite’s athletics bloodlines run deep
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Para athlete Hamid Eslami suspended for anti-doping rule violation
Iranian runner returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance in an out of competition test
![Yanina Andrea Martinez](/sites/default/files/images/161028101253180_GettyImages-532940648.jpg)
Yanina Martínez on a learning pathway
Paralympic champion adapts to new reality after coronavirus outbreak
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New Paris 2024 powerlifting and swimming venues announced
Para athletics marathon to start and finish in Seine-Saint-Denis according to new Paralympic Games masterplan
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US Para athlete Sebastiana Lopez banned for anti-doping rule violation
Athletes from Brazil, Chile and Mexico to receive reallocated Lima 2019 Parapan American Games medals
IPC podcast: Markus Rehm addresses doubters
The Paralympic long jump champion explains why his record breaking 8.48m leap is a result of his hard work and not an advantage of his blade