IPC Athletics European Championships
25-28 June

STADSKANAAL 2012 - Media Centre

News - Athletics

Isis Holt of Australia competes in the women's 200m T35 final during the Evening Session at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The 14-year-old clocked 28.28 seconds to knock 0.19 seconds off the mark she set at the 2015 World Championships.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The Australian double world champion in the T53 class was victorious over 100m, 400m and 1,500m at the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Two men, one blindfolded, laughing

The T11 world champion tells us about his life away from athletics and his love of music.

Isis Holt of Australia competes in the women's 200m T35 final during the Evening Session at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Nearly 100 athletes from nine countries will compete in the first Grand Prix of 2016 this weekend in Australia.

Louise Sauvage

The Australian wheelchair racing great looks back at the Sydney 2000 Paralympics and talks about her career now as a coach

three females running, one wearing green, one blue and one red

The 14-year-old double world champion is aiming to make a big impression at the first IPC Athletics Grand Prix of Paralympic year.

Hannah Cockroft - best and worst career moment

The T34 wheelchair racer talks about her career highs and lows as she prepares to defend her Paralympic titles at Rio 2016.

Veronica Hipolito of Brazil set World Record over 100m T38 at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

The Brazilian T38 sprinter talks us through her typical day of training as she prepares for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Two snowboarders race on a slope

Many sports in the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme are back in action for the first time this year.

Richard Brown

From training to unwinding at home, here are the world champion’s top tracks.

Woman in a racing wheelchair competing

Richard Browne, Tatyana McFadden and Jeremy Campbell are among the 47-strong team.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The Australian will line up at next week’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Canberra, hoping to show why she is a favourite for Rio gold.

IPC Athletics has opened the bid process for the 2019 World Championships.

The 2019 event will be one of the last major international para-athletics events before the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

London’s former Olympic Stadium

British athletics family have until 31 March 2016 to register for priority purchase for the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Man holding up an American flag

With Rio 2016 fast approaching we look at which world records could fall in Paralympic year.

a male from Germany wearing red and black clothes competing in the long jump

Paralympic long jump champion Markus Rehm will take on Olympic champion Greg Rutherford at the world’s number one indoor athletics grand prix

Woman and man sprinting on a track side by side

IPC selects 45 track and field stars who are likely to make a big impact at September’s Paralympic Games.

Jonnie Peacock and David Weir

Olympic and Paralympic stars set for London Anniversary Games on Saturday 23 July 2016.

Man leading a pack in a wheelchair race

A look ahead to what is in store for para-athletics in a busy 2016, the highlight of which will be the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Upper body of a man celebrating

The double world champion sprinter has sustained broken ribs and a heavy concussion.