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Branimir Budetic of Croatia
Athletics

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.
Athletics

A profile of Germany’s Heinrich Popow, a man determined to spread the word about the Paralympic Movement both on and off the track.

Croatia NPC 2016 sport awards
Table Tennis

Mikela Risto, Zoran Talic, Liam Malone and Sophie Pascoe all received prestigious national honours.

David Blair shows what's in his kitbag
Athletics

The Paralympic champion and world record holder in discus F44 reveals a surprise in his kitbag.

Vanessa Low GER competes in the Women's Long Jump - T42 Final at the Olympic Stadium.
Athletics

Germany’s Rio 2016 athletics champion was chosen because she “conveys the values that this prize wants to promote: to never give up and to positively shape the future.”

Chris Clarke and Libby Clegg of Great Britain in action during the women's 100m - T11 Semifinals at the Olympic Stadium on Day 2 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games
Athletics

With the athletics season starting to get underway, here are 10 world marks that could be toppled in the coming months.

Noelle Lenihan of Ireland competes in the women's discus F38 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Athletics

With July’s World Championships on the horizon, find out who the youngsters to look out for are this season.

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Athletics

The World Para Athletics Championships will take place between 14-23 July 2017.

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Athletics

The London-based production company will provide live, highlights and news coverage from the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships

Starting Blocks is the official education for the World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships London 2017.
Athletics

London 2017 Ltd has unveiled Starting Blocks, the official education programme supporting the World Para Athletics Championships and IAAF World Championships London 2017

Strathmore water has been announced as the national supplier of bottled water for both the IAAF World Championships London 2017 and the World Para Athletics Championships.
Athletics

Athletes, officials and volunteers at London 2017 will be hydrated by more than one million bottles of water being supplied by the water brand.

Three men in wheelchairs on a podium showing their medals
Athletics

Paralympic table tennis silver medallists Andela Muzinic and Helena Dretar Karic were also chosen the best Croatian team in 2016.

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

‘Team Personal Best’ to deliver a programme of local community level activities

A male athlete with prosthetic legs and a female athlete
Athletics

Olympic champion Jessica Ennis-Hill and double Paralympic gold medallist Richard Whitehead are ambassadors and part of the judging panel for entries

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Athletics

Running from March to June, the 2017 Grand Prix season will involve nine events, including one in Paris for the first time.

A quarter of a million schoolchildren across Greater London given opportunity to attend the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.
Athletics

A quarter of a million schoolchildren across Greater London given opportunity to attend the World Para Athletics Championships London 2017.

A man and a woman in a stadium, with spadens, working on an athletics track
Athletics

Media can now apply for accreditation via www.paralympic.org/london-2017

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Equestrian

40 track and field and seven equestrian athletes have been named as athletes to look out for in 2017.

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Wheelchair Fencing

The winner will be announced on 14 February at a glittering awards ceremony in Monaco.

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Athletics

How to get involved in London 2017