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Hodgetts has his own ‘Rocky’ story to share
Australian shot put athlete shares how he navigates life with intellectual impairment

Best of Spain take on 2020 L'Hospitalet Meeting
Traditional Para athletics competition goes ahead with fewer international guests but plenty of Paralympic and World medallists

Namibia's Nambala targets ‘history’
'I hope everything will soon be safe so we can get back to our normal life and continue to chase our dreams’

Ekler: 'Para athletics helped me to accept me for who I am'
Hungarian long jumper wants to inspire others to join sport sharing her journey to become a world champion

Ghana’s Botsyo Nkegbe owes his life to Paralympics
‘I do not see any other way society could have embraced me, celebrated me and accepted me had it not been for the Paralympics’

Alaize hopes story in ‘Rising Phoenix’ inspires love not hate
How Para sport helped Frenchman overcome trauma from civil war in native Burundi

Para sport inspires the rite of passage for Vanuatu’s Mathias Nakat
Born with cerebral palsy, Nakat left school in grade four after relentless bullying and constant name calling

Pandemic fails to dampen Shikongo's spirits
Paralympic champion urges athletes to support each other during challenging times

London Marathon: First win for Den Boer and Lakatos
Dutch surprises favourite Manuela Schar in the women's race while and Canadian gives his country the first victory in the British capital

Wheelchair racers return to the road at London Marathon
World Para Athletics Facebook to show London Marathon wheelchair race live on Sunday, 3 October*

ASICS World Ekiden 2020 takes virtual racing to new level
Specially created virtual race platform will vividly bring to life the connection and motivation of team competition at a time when we are apart

Pillay wants underdog story to conclude at Tokyo 2020
South African shot put athlete flew under the radar into Paralympic bronze in Rio

Gurjar keen to erase Rio 2016 debacle
‘During this lockdown, my throw has improved. I am now throwing beyond 68 metres’

Sprinter and hip-hop artist preaches positivity
French Para athlete releases new single "La Banane"

World champions back to competition mode in GB and Japan
Hannah Cockroft, Brent Lakatos and Maya Nakanishi shine at National Championships in Great Britain and Japan

Tatyana McFadden speaks on power of inclusion and campaigning for change
"I had to fight to be allowed to train. I was denied the right to run alongside other athletes and I thought 'this is not how it should be'.”

Ottobock Get Together meets Tokyo 2020
Third edition of the live talks on World Para Athletics Facebook is all about the impact of next year's Paralympic Games in Japan

Rising Phoenix Quiz: Ntando Mahlangu
Test your knowledge about South Africa's Para athletics world champion and one of the stars of the Netflix's documentary

Anna Grimaldi: Turning a negative into a positive
'I grew a lot as a person in the last three years, it kind of pushed me learn a lot more about myself and to explore those other parts of my life other than sport'

Jonnie Peacock on performing under pressure
'I wanted to be the first disabled person on there but not to have people talk about it. I didn’t want that to be the reason they voted for me.'