LATEST PARA ATHLETICS NEWS
![The first of 2017’s World Para Athletics education courses took place in Canberra, Australia.](/sites/default/files/images/170302081609226_group%2Bphoto.jpg)
World Para Athletics level 2 classifier training course concludes in Australia
The course in Canberra is one of many education courses planned for around the world this year in the sport of Para athletics.
![Michael Brannigan - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/170109122051037_Michael%2BBrannigan_Athletics_GettyImages-604316190.jpg)
Para athletics record breakers – February
Find our who raised the bar in terms of performance this month in Para athletics
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Vote now for the Allianz Athlete of the Month – February 2017
The public has until 9 March to vote for their favourite among the five candidates.
![A picture of a man with one arm cycling during pursuit race.](/sites/default/files/images/130111114034892_LON_3108_4199.jpg)
Monthly preview: March 2017
Check out all the events that will headline this month in Para sport.
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London 2017 launches resale scheme for Worlds tickets
The aim is to safeguard tickets for the 2017 World Para Athletics Championships and the IAAF World Championships.
![Walid Ktila of Tunisia leads the pack in the Men's 800m - T34 Final on day 7 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on September 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](/sites/default/files/images/170109122057261_Walid%2BKtila_Athletics_GettyImages-605835800.jpg)
Ten world champions under threat at London 2017
Ahead of July’s World Para Athletics Championships, here are 10 athletes who will do well to retain their gold medals this summer.
![Japan's Sho Watanabe crosses the line to take the 2017 Tokyo marathon ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Hug.](/sites/default/files/images/170227061045889_Watanabe%2BTokyo.jpeg)
Watanabe secures home win in Tokyo marathon
The Japanese racer finished ahead of Marcel Hug whilst the USA’s Amanda McGrory won the women’s race.
![South African sprinter and multiple world and Paralympic champion Ilse Hayes tells us her favourite holiday destination.](/sites/default/files/images/170224093335919_hayes.jpg)
My Holiday Hotspot with South Africa’s Ilse Hayes
Find out where the visually impaired sprinter relaxed after the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
![Manuela Schaer of Switzerland competes in the 800 meter - T54 Round 1 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170223084945909_Manuela%2BSchaer.jpg)
Schaer aims to put rollercoaster year behind her in Tokyo
The Swiss T54 wheelchair racer lines-up in Sunday’s marathon in the host city of the next Paralympic Games.
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London schools apply for 90,000 World Para Athletics Championships tickets
More than 1,000 London schools have requested tickets for pupils following the Schools Tickets offer, backed by the Mayor of London.
![Ananias Shikongo and his guide Even Tjiviju of Namibia celebrates winning the gold medal in the Men's 200m - T11 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170222091650615_Ananias%2BShikongo.jpg)
Workout Wednesday with Namibia’s Ananias Shikongo
The Paralympic sprinting champion talks us through a typical training day as he prepares for London 2017.
![A general view of the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Park.](/sites/default/files/images/160419082209857_Queen%2BElizabeth%2BOlympic%2BPark.jpg)
Team leaders praise London 2017 preparations
Team Leaders treated to an extensive tour of venues, hotels and facilities to be used during the World Para Athletics Championships.
![Jade Jones of Great Britain looks on after her race during the Visa London Disability Athletics Challenge LOCOG Test Event for the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150116104118561_Jade%2BJones%2Bof%2BGreat%2BBritain.jpg)
Brits to line-up for World Para Athletics Marathon Cup in London
The Virgin Money London Marathon will take place on Sunday 23 April.
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Para athletics explained – commentating at major events
Ahead of London 2017, the IPC’s lead athletics commentator Will Downing explains what it’s like to cover a major Championships.
![Ernst van Dyk of South Africa](/sites/default/files/images/170220101535761_Ernst%2BVan%2BDyk.jpg)
Van Dyk thinks marathon world record could go in Tokyo
Although it’s early in the season he believes Sunday’s race could see a racer try to crack the 18 year-old record.
![Marlou van Rhijn](/sites/default/files/images/170217100905416_HolidayHotspot.jpg)
Holiday hotspot with Marlou van Rhijn
The Dutch three-time Paralympic champion tells us her favourite holiday destination.
Canada’s Michelle Stilwell retires
The first Canadian Paralympian to win gold in two different summer sports will now focus fully on politics.
![Branimir Budetic of Croatia](/sites/default/files/images/170215095428502_Branimir%2BBudetic%2Bof%2BCroatia.jpg)
Ten Para athletes looking to make up for lost time
After maybe performing as well as they had hoped at Rio 2016, here are 10 athletes looking to put the record straight at July’s World Championships.
![Heinrich Popow of Germany competes at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170214083303816_FotorCreated.jpg)
“We are showing the joy of life through sport”
A profile of Germany’s Heinrich Popow, a man determined to spread the word about the Paralympic Movement both on and off the track.
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Croatia, New Zealand Para athletes collect awards
Mikela Risto, Zoran Talic, Liam Malone and Sophie Pascoe all received prestigious national honours.