PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

USA sprinter triumphs in the men's 400m T62 and celebrates with wife Tara Davis-Woodhall who won Olympic long jump gold in the same Stade de France few weeks ago; China breaks the 4x100m universal relay world record en route to gold with Woodhall helping USA take bronze in the event

Malaysia's Bonnie Bunyau Gustin improves own world record enroute to retaining Paralympic gold so does China's Tan Yujiao and Iran's Roohallah Rostami; Nigeria's Onyinyechi Mark win gold in debut Games; Mexico's Amalia Perez becomes most medalled athlete in Para powerlifting history with seven medals at La Chapelle Arena of day four

Japan's Yui Kamiji defeated Dutch wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot to earn her first women's singles Paralympic title

Six members elected (four women and two men) including an athlete with intellectual impairment for the first time

Para powerlifting star broke the world record twice in her Paralympic debut

The powerlifter says “Los Angeles is waiting for me” after missing out on Paralympic podium in France

Kiratiana Freelon tried to attend every Paralympic sport at Paris 2024, and nearly made it

Frenchman takes his first Paralympic medals with gold and silver in front of the home crowd in his sixth Games participation, South Korea tops the medal table as shooting Para sport action concludes at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre

British Para athlete claims debut Paralympic medal in front of friends, three years after ‘sterile’ Tokyo experience

North Rhine-Westphalia is home to International Paralympic Committee’s headquarters

Hunter Woodhall wins first Paralympic gold, finishing ahead of world record holder Johannes Floors in men's 400m T62

Jordanian star Abdelkareem Khattab, Brazil's Mariana D'Andrea and Nigeria's Bose Omolayo and others to follow on Saturday at the La Chapelle Arena, day four of powerlifting programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Italy's Simone Barlaam clinches his first Paralympic gold in men's 100m butterfly S9; China's Jincheng Guo (men's 50m butterfly S5) and Dong Lu (women's 50m butterfly S5) take fourth golds with record shows while Canada's Sebastian Massabie (men's 50m freestyle S4) and USA's Leanne Smith (women's 50m freestyle S4) set world records en route to gold

Argentina will face hosts France in the blind football final on 7 September

Day eight featured semifinal action across three team sports, setting up thrilling finals in wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball and blind football

Australia's Vanessa Low wins second Paralympic title in row with a new world record in the women's long jump T61 much like Greece's Ghavelas Athanasios who defends his Paralympic gold in men's 100m T11; Swiss star Catherine Debrunner won her fourth gold medal with a Games record time in women's 400m - T53 final while Wen Xiaoyan gets golden treble at the Stade de France on day seven of competitions

Paralympic legend Amalia Perez and the other stars to follow on Friday at the La Chapelle Arena, day three of the powerlifting programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

German swimmer who was diagnosed with brain cancer weeks after Tokyo 2020 gold wins women's 100m breaststroke SB12 with one of the five Para swimming world records set at La Defense Arena on Thursday at the Paralympic Games

Dutch Para cyclist will turn his attention to the marathon after a gold trifecta

Egyptian takes her elusive Paralympic gold at La Chapelle Arena after two consecutive silver medals, Venezuelan powerlifter put her country on the top of the podium for the first time in the sport, China’s Zou Yi and Egypt's Mohamed Elmenyawy take Games title in the men's events on Thursday