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![Para athletes Kare Adenegan, Diede de Groot, Elizabeth Gomes, Morteza Mehrzadselakjani and Stefan Olsson in action](/sites/default/files/images/180802150643429_AOTM-July-2018.jpg)
Vote now for July’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
Athletics, sitting volleyball and wheelchair tennis athletes nominated
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Nottwil 2019: What you need to know
One year to go until second World Para Athletics Junior Championships
![Diana Dadzite | Gold – Women’s Shot Put F55 Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/ANLTRAHT0Bjs33E9bW1DPCQ_HzvEm_es5BdMr4d7XeU.jpg?itok=Yl-7Cysj)
Berlin 2018: Motivation matters for Diana Dadzite
Latvian thrower determined to extend winning run at Euros
![athletes competing at boccia, canoe, wheelchair basketball, wheelchair rugby and cycling](/sites/default/files/images/180801201859002_August-2018-collage.jpg)
Para sport preview: August 2018
Five World Championships headline the month
![Women’s 200m T13 | Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/gMHK2TKMjkzzMW38H4ogdRdboVG4BCZovehD9QJQQcY.jpg?itok=ljRHSH8M)
Berlin 2018: Leilia Adzhametova aims for Euro win
Paralympic champion the one to beat at next month’s Championships
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Para sport review: July 2018
Sitting Volleyball Worlds the highlight of an action-packed month
![Niko Kappel of Germany celebrates victory in the Men's Shot Put F41 Final at the London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships.](/sites/default/files/images/180215103306228_GettyImages-819759406.jpg)
Berlin 2018 Home Grown Heroes: Niko Kappel
German field athlete confident ahead of Europeans Championships
![Women’s 100m T38 |Final|London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/_vcRRK-ZhZ2-aBiII1L5rvrKvgjyMMibCYLT2Kke5Xw.jpg?itok=N4YAEMSO)
Para athletics in numbers: Sophie Hahn
Stats and facts behind Paralympic, world and European multi-medallist
![male Para athlete Helgi Sveinsson prepares to throw the javelin](/sites/default/files/images/180725161317774_Helgi-Sveinsson.jpg)
Berlin 2018: History beckons for Helgi Sveinsson
Javelin F63 athlete hopes to break 60-metre mark at European Championships
![Men's 100m T13 | Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/SjSiCTMwMUazUEHxyPgsjJBxbCSD3m6bbvXp8uU69Jc.jpg?itok=DwaEZZFn)
Berlin 2018: Jason Smyth puts winning streak to the test
Irish sprinter ready for European Championships
![Women's 200 m T37 | final | 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships Grosseto](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/GuhPn8dvjR5ZD0S6tyfueTFMmjFpDoGyLysxXamiocg.jpg?itok=_-5V0qSD)
Berlin 2018: A European Championships history
A lookback at key moments from the previous five editions
![Female wheelchair racer Kare Adenegan holds up a British flag next to the display of her world record time](/sites/default/files/images/180723125633039_Kare-Adenegan-anniversary-games.jpg)
Anniversary Games sees world records smashed
GB women in top form with less than a month until Para athletics Euros
![Women's 400m T44| Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/2AlfV-MPd1VB8M-OpE67u_fPPNZsKllsPmAIZZ6ugig.jpg?itok=b9v_ITlt)
Berlin 2018 Home Grown Heroes: Irmgard Bensusan
Sprinter’s journey from Olympic athletics hopeful to Paralympic medallist
![male Para athlete Sebastian Dietz reacts to throwing a shot put](/sites/default/files/images/180720134458791_Sebastian-Dietz.jpg)
Berlin 2018: Sebastian Dietz creating crowds
One month until Para athletics European Championships begin
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Berlin 2018: European Championships to be livestreamed
Continent’s best Para athletes to compete in German capital next month
![female Italian thrower Assunta Legnante wearing her eye mask before a throw](/sites/default/files/images/180719085250782_Assunta-Legnante.jpg)
Berlin 2018: Italy team revealed
Paralympic champions and record holders head athletics squad for Euros
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Para athletics in numbers: Diana Dadzite
Stats and facts behind Paralympic and world champion
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Berlin 2018 Home Grown Heroes: Heinrich Popow
Paralympic champion plans to make European Championships his best
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Berlin 2018: Dutch name team
Worlds medallists Marlou van Rhijn and Kenny van Weeghel among headliners for Europeans
!['How I Got Into' | with Johannes Floors](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Rs0rRnZzHj992pUDcjTHPq46MI16GPe2zNg6i2ciBMw.jpg?itok=rHTP7dMw)
How I Got into Para athletics: Johannes Floors
Get to know the German sprinter before he goes for gold at August's Berlin European Championships