PARA ATHLETICS NEWS

Donard Nyamjua is a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team

Guillaume Junior Atangana will compete in Para athletics as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team

Salman Abbariki will compete in Para athletics as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team

Top stars including Jong, Debrunner, Haddaoui and Bayekula impress with world records in the final meet before Paralympics

Three-time Paralympic gold medallist looks back at three decades in Para athletics and the work of SMILE Through Sport, an organisation founded by him dedicated to ensuring persons with disabilities the opportunities to take part in sports

A total of 389 athletes from over 50 nations line up in the pre-Paralympic event, with some of the biggest stars in Para Athletics from Great Britain, USA, Morocco and Switzerland to be in action at Charlety Stadium

Swiss wheelchair racer sets new world record in the women's 1500m T53/54* while Dutch blade runner mashes a five-year old world mark in the women's 100m T64 in the penultimate GP before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games; USA's Scaroni also sets a new world record* in Switzerland in the women's 5000m T54

A total of 340 athletes from 54 NPCs including several legends and new champions from Kobe 2024 Worlds will be in action in Nottwil, Switzerland, this week

From young fans creating an amazing atmosphere at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium to countries topping the podium for the first time and Para athletics legends adding more glory to their collections it is time to look back at nine day unforgettable days in Japan

Wen Xiaoyan breaks second world record in five days, this time in the women's 200m T37, while Liu Cuiqing sets a new mark for the women's 200m T11 and Sun Pengxiang in the men's javelin F41; Colombia, South Africa, the Netherlands and Tunisia also claim golds with new records in the last day of the Para Athletics World Championships

Nurkhon Kurbanova's world record, Safiya Burkhanova and Asila Mirayorova put Asian nation on the top of the podium in women's events on Friday, British wheelchair racer follows 800m T34 victory with silver medal in the universal relay as China take the title

Costa Rica's Sherman Guity, Hungary's Luca Ekler and other five athletes who competed at the Para Athletics World Championships in Japan take part in the traditional meeting in Eugene, United States on Saturday

New Zealand's sprinter smashes 200m T36 world mark while Algeria set two new world records with another triumph for Skander Djamil Athmani (men's 100m T13) and Safia Djelal's women’s shot put F57 gold; Turkey’s Serkan Yildirim becomes the world's fastest man in the 400m T12 in a day that saw Dominican Republic's first-ever gold and victories for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champions Vanessa Low and Daniel Pembroke

German blade jumper Markus Rehm takes his seventh world title and sees 'big jumps coming' ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympics as Noemi Alphonse's 100m T54 victory puts her country on the top of the podium for the first time ever; Morocco's Youssra Karim finally turns silver into gold in the women’s discus throw F41 while Brazil reaches most successful Para Athletics World Championships campaign and Saudi Arabia grab first gold medal in Japan

Four athletes take their second gold at this year's World Championships on Tuesday, as Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft claims her 15th world title and India and Iran make history; Belgium, Indonesia and Malaysia top the podium for the first time on day five in Japan

Algeria’s Skander Athmani in the men's 100m T13, Azerbaijan’s Said Najafzade in the men's long jump T12 and Mexico Gloria Zarza Guadarrama in the women's shot put F54 dethrone defending champions on day four; China and India produce world record performances as Brazil has another strong day in Japan

German wins the men's long jump T63 world title for the third time in his last attempt while British thrower breaks the women's shot put F20 world record twice at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium; China take four gold while Ecuador, Namibia, New Zealand, France, Georgia, Hungary and UAE top the podium for the first time

Six Tokyo 2020 gold medallists top the podium on Saturday at the Para Athletics World Championships, including a first world title for Ethiopia's Tigist Gezahagn Menigstu in the women's 5000m T13 followed by another Ethiopian victory with Yayesh Gate Tesfaw setting a new world record in the women's 1500m T11

Brazilian sprinter takes his fourth consecutive title in the men's 100m T47 while Wanna Brito wins her first gold medal in the women's club throw F32 in a day that began with a world record for Yeltsin Jacques in the men's 5000m T11; Italy’s Carlo Calcagni sets a new world record in the men's 100m T72 on Friday at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

Iranian athlete was the Paris 2023 world champion and Asian Para Games gold medallist in the men's shot put F53