PARA ATHLETICS NEWS

A star-studded list including Germany’s long jumper Markus Rehm, USA sprinter Hunter Woodhall, Moroccan thrower Youssra Karim and Brazilian sprinter Jerusa Geber with her guide Gabriel Garcia join pre-Games press conference 

For the first time in history, French athletes will compete in every sport at the Paralympics

Vision-impaired sprinter Guillaume Junior Atangana will carry the flag for the Refugee Paralympic Team with high hopes at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Tunisia’s six-time Paralympic champion Raoua Tlili wants to share a special message to women in her country when she competes in her fifth Games

After Tara Davis-Woodhall won the women’s long jump event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she immediately ran to her husband and Paralympian Hunter Woodhall to celebrate the special moment together. Get to know more about the couple ahead of the Paralympic Games

The six-time Paralympic champion reflects on his career and shares what it takes to top the podium at the Games

Built for the 1998 Football World Cup, the multi-purpose arena was renovated and received a purple track for the Olympic and Paralympic Games

Baqer Almusa was directly involved in the promotion and growth of frame running as a tool to empower persons with disabilities, particularly high-support need athletes

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