World Para Athletics Championships
7-15 November

LATEST PARA ATHLETICS NEWS

a female Para athlete celebrates winning gold at the Paralympic Games

Three-time Paralympic champion auctions off Rio 2016 gold medal to fund child’s cancer treatment

a female wheelchair racer crosses the finish line

US wheelchair racer wins an astonishing seventh consecutive Chicago Marathon

Jonnie and Oti Salsa on Week 7 of Strictly Come Dancing 2017

British sprinter says people are viewing 'disabled people as cool'

Jonnie and Oti Salsa on Week 7 of Strictly Come Dancing 2017

Para athletics superstar admits he gets more nervous over salsa than sprinting

British Para athletes - collage

British Athletics announces names of 49 Para athletes to be offered membership for the initiative

a male and female wheelchair racer celebrate with their gold medals

Hug and Schar win final Marathon of 2017 to extend lead at top of Major standings

three Para athletes compete at their sports

Vote now to decide who was the best athlete in the Americas in October

Tatyana McFadden of the United States and Marcel Hug of Switzerland at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon in Central Park.

2015 World marathon champion Josh George gives his unique guide to the race that takes place on Sunday and marks the final stop of the season

Tatyana McFadden of the United States and Marcel Hug of Switzerland at the 2016 TCS New York City Marathon in Central Park.

Defending champions favourites for final major of the year

a male wheelchair racer on the road

Swiss Silver Bullet targeting fourth marathon win of 2017

a female Para wheelchair racer celebrates with an American flag

Wheelchair racing superstar has New York title defence in her sights to end emotional 2017

Para athletes compete in athletics, snowboard and alpine skiing

Snow sports return and Marathon series wraps up in New York

a male Para athlete high fives a girl on the track

Paralympic champion helping runners to take first steps with blades

Para athletes compete in blind football, taekwondo, ice hockey, dance and athletics

Dance, taekwondo and rowing Worlds headline the action

The official logo of World Para Athletics

First 3-day seminar for technical staff and classifiers to be held in November

Woman in racing wheelchair next to a screen

Wheelchair racer rounds off stunning 2017 with prestigious award

The official logo of World Para Athletics

Updated rules to take effect on 1 January 2018

four female Para athletes celebrating winning

Cockroft and Hahn lead nominations at annual awards

three RaceRunning athletes run down the track

Competition for athletes with severe co-ordination impairments to be introduced at Berlin 2018

Person smiling and posing with the flag of Germany

Sprinter joins past prize recipients Heinrich Popow and Anna Schaffelhuber