PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Athletics at the Tokyo 1964 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/2023-09/160721073830192_0024_0.jpg)
Sport Week: History of athletics
Find more information on how the athletics grew to become the most popular sport on the Paralympic programme.
![Alphanso Cunningham](/sites/default/files/images/120904161426998_Alphanso%2BCunningham_0.jpg)
Jamaica’s Cunningham switches from throwing to sprint events for Rio 2016
The two-time Paralympic champion is hoping training alongside Usain Bolt will inspire him to track gold at September’s Paralympics.
![Fernando Fernandes](/sites/default/files/images/140326150025448_Fernando.jpg)
Para canoeists shape-up for finals at Worlds
Great Britain’s Ian Marsden, Brazil’s Fernando Fernandes and China’s Wang Daquin amongst those going for gold in Duisburg, Germany.
![Georgina Hermitage of Great Britain celebrates winning the Women's 400m T37 race and breaking the world record at the 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final.](/sites/default/files/images/150726194258424_GettyImages-482013506.jpg)
Four world records fall at L’Hospitalet meeting in Barcelona, Spain
Kadeena Cox, Georgina Hermitage and Shelby Watson amongst the record breakers.
![View on an empty stadium with a blue track](/sites/default/files/images/160518072918775_Olympic%2Bstadium.jpg)
Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Rio, Brazil
The event in the Rio 2016 Olympic Stadium will double up as a Test Event for September’s Paralympic Games.
![Four men with prosthesis celebrate on a track with USA flags](/sites/default/files/images/160518075552168_Jarryd%2BWallace.jpg)
My best and worst moments with the USA’s Jarryd Wallace
The US sprinter is a strong contender for 100m T44 gold at Rio 2016. Here are his career highs and lows so far.
![Picture of Japanese Paralympians who are portrayed as manga heroes](/sites/default/files/images/160520121049085_BTH_all_0.jpg)
Para athletes meet manga creations in stunning new campaign
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government aim to raise awareness of Para sports with their “Be the Hero” campaign.
![a photo showing the top half of a lady in a canoe wearing a white top, life jacket and sunglasses](/sites/default/files/images/151216124542430_EdinaMuller%2BRalfKuckuck%2BDBS-Akademie.jpg)
Defending Para canoe champions advance to semifinals
The first day of the 2016 ICF Para Canoe World Championships got underway in Duisburg, Germany.
![Skier in orange and white ski suit, skis at speed down slope](/sites/default/files/images/140611094406733_SOC_20140316_LP_0080_WEB.jpg)
Canada name ‘richly talented’ skiers to 2016-17 team
Twelve skiers will fight for World Championships glory as well as World and regional Cup podiums.
![Stoke Mandeville Games (1948-1958)](/sites/default/files/images/150303125309785_Payne_0007.jpg)
National Paralympic Heritage Trust launches in London
With the Trust, a permanent heritage centre at Stoke Mandeville and a nationwide series of satellite exhibitions, among others, will be opened.