Doha 2015 - News

First edition of the Para Athletics Worlds in East Asia will see over 1,047 athletes from 100 nations competing from 17 to 25 May marking the first time the world's largest single Para sport event is held in the same year of the Paralympic Games

Forty-six events will see athletes defending their crown at the Para Athletics World Championships from 17 to 25 May at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

A total of 64 male athletes will be aiming to top the podium for the second consecutive year, including plenty of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champions returning to Japan

As many as 1073 athletes from 104 nations will in action at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium for the Worlds glory, just three months before the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Morocco athletes including Paralympic stars Derhem and Karim put up strong show as did Mexico's Rodolfo Chessani in the final Grand Prix before Kobe 2024 which was attended by IPC President Parsons

Over 430 athletes including Paralympic stars like Rodolfo Chessani and several home stars to be in action in the final Grand Prix before Kobe 2024 Worlds

The latest Grand Prix saw a strong central and south American contingent's contest with Tokyo 2020 champions including Cuba’s Sol Cervantes smashing the world record in T47 long jump while Rosolfo Chessani impresses at home

Tokyo 2020 champions Rodriguez Saavedra and Chessani Garcia to lead a huge home contingent in a field of 495 athletes from 26 nations in Xalapa

Success for home stars Monica Contrafatto, teenage talent Filippi and an intriguing battle with javelin between two Indian greats steal show in third Grand Prix of season

Home contingent and international stars meet at the third GP of the season in Italy and the first to take place in Europe this year

A new-look field produced three days of top-level action in the Tunisian capital, as the second Grand Prix of 2024 took centre stage in the Para athletics world with local star Raoua Tlili renewing her rivalry with Morocco's Youssra Karim and plenty of African Paralympic medallists adding more gold to their CVs

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Swiss wheelchair racer picks her fourth victory in the Japanese capital while local star finally takes the win after finishing second in four occasions

Hungarian sprinter and German long jumper have been nominated for the prestigious World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award alongside Para swimmers Danylo Chufarov and Simone Barlaam, wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot and Para cyclist Nicole Murray

Swiss wheelchair racer kicks of the 2024 GP with three gold medals in UAE in an action-packed event with two world records* from Belgian athletes (Roger Habsch and Maxime Carabin) and home success for Mohammed Alhammadi