IPC Athletics European Championships
25-28 June

STADSKANAAL 2012 - Media Centre

News - Athletics

three para athletes compete in their sport

Stars of the future taking part in first World Para Athletics Junior Championships.

a para athlete celebrates by shaking his fist

Italy’s 16-year-old heads to Junior Worlds fresh from winning silver at London 2017.

a group of para athletes celebrate their victories

Athletics and swimming dominate headlines in the Paralympic Movement.

three men stand on the podium with their medals

Nearly 300 athletes competing at first Junior Worlds.

A female Para athlete celebrates after her race

Cuban sprinter returns from 3-year break to win 3 Parapan titles at Toronto 2015.

A general view of the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Park.

Bulgaria’s Stoyanov among 4 more teams confirmed for Championships

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7 representatives to serve as athlete voices for the sport.

three Para sprinters run towards the finish line

The rising male stars who stood at out at the World Para Athletics Championships.

three female Para sprinters running

Rising female stars whose performances caught the eye at World Para Athletics Championships.

Tevaughn Thomas and Usain Bolt

Jamaican Para athlete aims to become junior world champion 15 years after his hero.

three para athletes celebrate winning their events

These champions were anything but lost for words at the World Para Athletics Championships.

a para athlete celebrates by shaking his fist

World Champs medallist among athletes contesting first Junior Worlds.

three men stand on a podium with their medals

Paralympic silver medallist aims to become his country’s first junior world champion.

Para athletes celebrate winning their events

Which stars shone brightest at World Para Athletics Championships?

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Argentinian teenager dreams of emulating USA’s Paralympic legend.

a blindfolded runner and his guide celebrate after crossing the finish line

Londoner Sarah Linney shares her life-changing experience of the World Para Athletics Championships.

a Para sprinter runs towards the finish line

Chile, Ecuador, Jamaica, Mexico and Venezuela to compete at Junior Para Athletics Worlds.

a female wheelchair racer crosses the finish line

US athlete makes history by winning in Chicago, London, Boston and New York.

The USA's Michael Brannigan in action at the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.

The final day of action of a spectacular World Para Athletics Championships.

Great Britain's Samantha Kinghorn celebrates winning the women's 100m T53 at London 2017.

Athletes share their views after competing on the final day of the World Para Athletics Championships.