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![Veronica Hipolito of Brazil set World Record over 100m T38 at the IPC Athletics World Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/131125110324597_Veronica%2BHipolito%2Bcredit%2Bgetty%2Bimages.jpg)
My best and worst moments with Brazil’s Veronica Hipolito
The teenage T38 sprinter is gearing up for her first Paralympic Games on home soil this September.
Triple world champion Liu aims to build on 2015 success
The Chinese T11 sprinter opens her account for the season this weekend at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, China.
![Tatyana McFadden of the United States crosses the finish line to win the women's push rim wheelchair race during the 120th Boston Marathon in Boston, Massachusetts.](/sites/default/files/images/160419084534628_Tatyana%2BMcFadden%2Bof%2Bthe%2BUnited%2BStates.jpg)
McFadden, Hug take Boston Marathon titles
The USA’s multiple Paralympic champion Tatyana McFadden wins her 15th Abbott World Marathon Majors event in four years.
![A general view of the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Park.](/sites/default/files/images/160419082209857_Queen%2BElizabeth%2BOlympic%2BPark.jpg)
London 2017 announces ticketing information for 2017 World ParaAthletics Championships
Around 800,000 tickets will go on sale for the World ParaAthletics Championships during the Summer of World Athletics with prices starting from GBP 5.
![Jarryd Wallace](/sites/default/files/images/160415085250705_18%2Bapril%2B2016.jpg)
#MusicMonday with the USA’s Jarryd Wallace
The former 100m T44 world record holder shares his favourite songs, most of which he likes to play on his guitar.
![Marcel Hug and Tatyana McFadden](/sites/default/files/images/160415080743787_Boston%2BMarathon.jpg)
McFadden and Hug to defend Boston marathon titles
Monday’s race will mark the start of the inaugural Abbott World Marathon Majors Wheelchair Series.
![a male wearing black and a helmet racing in a wheelchair](/sites/default/files/images/160115111833668_Marcel%2BHug%2Bgetty.jpg)
What makes the perfect…endurance para-athlete?
Switzerland’s Marcel Hug gives us his insight on how to be one of the world’s best endurance para-athletes.
![Yunidis Castillo of Cuba competes in the Women's 100m T46 heats at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160415074046572_Yunidis%2BCastillo2.jpg)
How I got into para-athletics: Cuba’s Yunidis Castillo
The sprinter who is Cuba’s most successful Paralympian gives us an insight into how she started out in athletics
![Runners enter a cooling station](/sites/default/files/images/160415075737275_global%2Brunning%2Bday.jpg)
First ever Global Running Day set for 1 June
The day will include the first ever Million Kid Run which aims to get one million kids around the world pledge to run on the day.
IPC Athletics hosts training courses to increase expertise
Training courses to increase the number of National Technical Officials and International Classifiers took place in Grosseto, Italy, to coincide with the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.
![Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain competes in the 800m race during the ParAthletics Grand Prix 2015 in Nottwil, Switzerland](/sites/default/files/images/160203081757629_Hannah%2BCockroft%2Bof%2BGreat%2BBritain.jpg)
Para-athletics explained: Wheelchair racing
In the third edition of ‘Para-athletics explained’, renowned Paralympic coach Jenni Banks helps us uncover the intricacies of wheelchair racing.
![Richard Browne](/sites/default/files/images/160414062657155_Richard%2BBrowne2.jpg)
My best and worst moments with the USA’s Richard Browne
The US 100m and 200m T44 world champion shares his career highs and lows.
![Brazil's Felipe Gomes of Brazil celebrates winning the men's 200m T11 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.](/sites/default/files/images/160412123519811_GettyImages-494818260.jpg)
Training Tuesday with Brazil’s Felipe Gomes
The 200m T11 world champion talks us through his dedication, sacrifices and desires that are driving him towards the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
![The world’s fastest female Paralympian shares her three favourite songs](/sites/default/files/images/160411064130820_11%2Bapril%2B2016.jpg)
#Music Monday with Cuba’s Omara Durand
The world’s fastest female Paralympian shares her three favourite songs.
![The Italian quartet set a new 4x100m T42-47 world record at the 2016 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy, on 10 April 2016.](/sites/default/files/images/160410164628792_Marco%2BCastagna%2BGrosseto%2B2016%2B2.jpg)
Hosts Italy enjoy success on final day of IPC Athletics Grand Prix
In Grosseto there was a new world record in the 4x100m T42-47 relay and a new national record in the 100m T35.
![A wheelchair racer focuses](/sites/default/files/images/160409192433452_Dawson%2BFarrell.jpg)
Towers, Dawson-Farrell take hat tricks at Grand Prix
The British pairing showed their talents on the track in Grosseto, Italy.
Monthly preview: April 2016
Rio 2016 qualification events in wheelchair rugby and rowing, plus European Championships in swimming have major implications.
![Four runners dressed in shorts and vest competing on a red athletics track.](/sites/default/files/images/140709140358074_120905_193603_mh_2367_0.jpg)
Sharov and Liebhardt amongst Grosseto Grand Prix winners
After throwing 13.23m in the women’s shot put, Germany’s Franziska Liebhardt now leads the world rankings.
![The Mayor of the city, Emilio Bonifazi, is the first person to be formally invited to June’s IPC Athletics European Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/160407082102948_grosseto%2Bmayor.jpg)
Grosseto 2016 launches invitational programme for spectators
The Mayor of the city, Emilio Bonifazi, is the first person to be formally invited to June’s IPC Athletics European Championships.
![General view at the Stadio Olimpico in Grosseto, Italy.](/sites/default/files/images/150611102555482_123.jpg)
Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Grosseto, Italy
Around 237 athletes from 40 countries are set to compete at the Carlo Zecchini Olympic Stadium in the season’s fourth Grand Prix event.