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![Athlete celebrating in Para powerlifting competition](/sites/default/files/images/180415103412198_38168590824_950852ec0d_k_0.jpg)
Berck-sur-Mer 2018: Brazil to send strong team
Country will take 17 athletes to the European Open Champs in France
![Athlete on wheelchair taking part in race](/sites/default/files/images/180415163225658_GettyImages-946282594_0.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Australia's double marathon gold
Fearnley and De Rozario win T54 races in the final day of competition
![Aled Davies Celebration of World Championships Title | Shot Put F42 | London 2017](/sites/default/files/oembed_thumbnails/XX_G6GHHTCzIW1Ht0McY56mCoAugcvTXHzBvPPTeWMw.jpg)
Para athletics in numbers: Aled Davies
A look at the facts and figures behind world and Paralympic champion
![In Portugal, IPC President Andrew Parsons met with the Minister of Education and Sport Tiago Brandão Rodrigues and President of the Portugal Paralympic Committee José Manuel Lourenço.](/sites/default/files/images/180414064631723_Parsons%2BPortugal.jpg)
IPC President meets Portuguese leaders
Andrew Parsons spends four days in Portugal meeting sport leaders and politicians.
![Melissa Tapper celebrates winning table tennis gold at Gold Coast 2018.](/sites/default/files/images/180414101600302_Melissa%2BTapper.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Melissa Tapper delights home crowd
Australian table tennis player secures gold in the singles while England´s Ross Wilson wins men´s event
![Colombian blind football team](/sites/default/files/images/180413142849154_F5%2BColombia.jpeg)
Madrid 2018: Colombia eyeing medal place
The Colombian team is ready to extend its wave of success at the World Championships
![a male wheelchair racer holds up the Swiss flag](/sites/default/files/images/180412163236556_Marcel%2BHug%2Bflag.jpg)
Marcel Hug goes for four in a row in Boston
Swiss Silver Bullet ready to extend marathon dominance
![a male Nordic sit skier](/sites/default/files/images/180313005533407_Cristian%2BRibera.jpg)
Cristian Ribera named Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’
PyeongChang 2018 youngest Paralympian makes history for Brazil
![Woman holds sign with a man](/sites/default/files/images/170503082247689_Rajae%2BAkermach.jpg)
Morocco surge in taekwondo rankings
Rajae Akermach’s win over Amy Truesdale in African Open boosts her rankings
![Spain's Marcela Quinteros - badminton](/sites/default/files/2019-10/Marcela%2BQuinteros.jpg)
Marcela Quinteros, an artist-turned-Para badminton player
The Spanish athlete targets a podium finish at the European Championships
![Suwaibidu Galadima celebrating on the podium together with James Arnott and Tevaughn Thomas at Gold Coast 2018.](/sites/default/files/images/180413140152630_Gold%2BCoast%2Bathletics.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Nigeria wins first Para athletics gold
Suwaibidu Galadima is the fastest man in the 100m T47 on sixth day at the Commonwealth Games
![Australian table tennis player Melissa Tapper competing at Gold Coast 2018](/sites/default/files/images/180413150424772_Melissa%2BTapper.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Table tennis medals to be decided
Australian and Nigerian players to face-off in women’s final and all-English showdown among men
![John Clark (second row in the back; fourth from the right) as part of Great Britain's team for the 1984 Paralympics](/sites/default/files/images/180413160229317_John%2BClark2.jpg)
Paralympic medallist John Clark passes away
British former wheelchair fencer won four medals between 1972 and 1984
![a group of blind footballers pose for a photo on the pitch](/sites/default/files/images/180221132203970_Turkey%2BIBSA.jpg)
Madrid 2018: 5 things to know about Turkey
European country seeking best performance at a World Championships
![a male writer at an ice hockey rink](/sites/default/files/images/180412150053074_Stu%2BLieberman.jpg)
PyeongChang 2018: The ‘guru’ of Para ice hockey!
IPC writer Stuart Lieberman shares his experience of working at the Games
![a male vision impaired runner and his guide during a race](/sites/default/files/images/180412153305536_Bob%2BMatthews.jpg)
Paralympic champion Bob Matthews dies at 56
IPC mourns British former middle and long distance runner
![a female Para sprinter punches the air](/sites/default/files/images/180412154319493_Sophie%2BHahn%2BGC.jpg)
Gold Coast 2018: Record-breaker Sophie Hahn wins gold
English Paralympic champion shines on Australian soil in 100m T38
Lenia Ruvalcaba targets continental success
Mexican Paralympic judo champion kicks off season at Pan American Championship
![A group of female wheelchair basketballers in a circle](/sites/default/files/images/180412091851774_Germany%2Bwheelchair%2Bbasketball.jpg)
Hamburg 2018: Germany announce teams
Wheelchair basketball Worlds hosts name men and women’s squads
![a female wheelchair athlete contesting the marathon](/sites/default/files/images/180412101906947_Manuela%2BSchaer.jpg)
Manuela Schaer ready for return to Boston
Swiss racer lines up for marathon 12 months after maiden victory