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WPA 2020 season: status update
Paris Grand Prix cancelled and European Championships postponed to 2021

Bydgoszcz European Championships postponed to 2021
Around 600 athletes set to compete in the Polish city in the seventh edition of the World Para Athletics European Championships

Paralympic marathon champion passes away
Three-time Paralympic medallist participated in more than 70 marathons worldwide

Ishona Charles cherishes life even in worst moments
Athlete looking to make history for Grenada in Tokyo

COVID-19: Agonising wait for Kiribati athletes stranded in Fiji
'I know our families are really missing us but we have no other choice but to wait patiently for Fiji Airways to re-open its international flights so that we can fly back home'

Passion comes first for Germany’s Heinrich Popow
“If your coach is telling you to do this or that and you don’t like it and you don’t have the passion for it, then don’t do it”

Sammi has a little lamb and its fleece is white as snow
‘I want to be the fastest in the world over every distance. I want to be a Paralympic champion one day’

Stranded Sharad Kumar keen to stay positive
‘I will have to chalk out a different plan to keep myself competition-fit’

WPA Athlete Advisory Group statement on COVID-19
The priority at this time remains for all Para athletes to stay safe, be aware of and follow guidance from the WHO

Kobe World Championships rescheduled to 2022
Decision follows postponement of the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games to 2021

Wheelchair racers ‘Zoom’ into Boston Marathon
Kim and Daniel Romanchuk host virtual marathon during coronavirus pandemic

Stef Reid looks back at her 'Energy Within' experience
British Paralympic medallist the star of short film 'The Energy Within'

Para athletes make Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia list
Paralympic stars join other high-profile game changers on the Asia list

Charl du Toit shares his lockdown experience on Instagram Live
Two-time Paralympic champion talks to athletes and fans from home in South Africa

Bydgoszcz 2020 European Championships postponed
Seventh edition of the competition was schedule to take place in June in Poland

Vanessa Cristina de Souza named Americas ´Athlete of the Month´
Brazilian wheelchair racer wins Sevilla Marathon in the women’s T54 after clocking 1:40.23

World Para Athletics sends condolences to family of Evgeny Kegelev
Russian athlete was a Paralympic champion at the London 2012 Games

Madison de Rozario honoured with new Barbie doll
Popular toy brand creates doll of Paralympic star

Athlete in numbers: Jason Smyth
Ireland’s fastest man going for a sixth Paralympic gold medal at Tokyo 2020