PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Walid Ktila of Tunisia leads the pack in the Men's 800m - T34 Final on day 7 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium on September 14, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](/sites/default/files/images/170109122057261_Walid%2BKtila_Athletics_GettyImages-605835800.jpg)
Ten world champions under threat at London 2017
Ahead of July’s World Para Athletics Championships, here are 10 athletes who will do well to retain their gold medals this summer.
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Canada’s Harnock, Jewells, Lancia, McLachlan retire
The wheelchair basketball Paralympic and world champions decided it was time to hang up their jerseys.
![An athlete from the Korean Wheelchair Curling Team celebrates a point on Day 4 of the 2012 World Wheelchair Curling Championships](/sites/default/files/images/120222162259911_Korea%2Bat%2BCurling%2BWorld%2BChamps_richardgray.jpg)
Dong Ha Lee hopes to impress home fans at Worlds
South Korea’s wheelchair curler seeks to get closer to his PyeongChang 2018 dream.
![Two women in wheelchairs on the basketball court](/sites/default/files/images/170118145031874_Rose%2BHollermann_Wheelchair%2Bbasketball_GettyImages-606517572.jpg)
Cali, Colombia, to host 2017 Americas Cup
The regional wheelchair basketball competition will take place from 2-12 August 2017.
![Zahra Nemati](/sites/default/files/images/130529114315131_151217424.jpg)
Shelby and Nemati, best Para archers of the year
The Paralympic champions received the award by World Archery at a gala held in Las Vegas, USA, on 10 February.
![Japan's Sho Watanabe crosses the line to take the 2017 Tokyo marathon ahead of Switzerland's Marcel Hug.](/sites/default/files/images/170227061045889_Watanabe%2BTokyo.jpeg)
Watanabe secures home win in Tokyo marathon
The Japanese racer finished ahead of Marcel Hug whilst the USA’s Amanda McGrory won the women’s race.
Alaryani takes home win at shooting World Cup
Great Britain’s Ryan Cockbill also beat Ukraine’s Paralympic champion Vasyl Kovalchuk for gold to conclude competition in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
![Nandor Tunkel](/sites/default/files/images/151105111854301_hungary%2Bpowerlifting_0.jpg)
Countries share the spoils on opening day of World Cup
Five different countries all won gold in Dubai on the first day of competition at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup.
Para powerlifting educational courses held in Dubai
Over 50 participants from 27 countries took part from 19-26 February, prior to the start of the eighth Fazza 2017 World Para Powerlifting World Cup.
Three reasons to follow Dubai powerlifting World Cup
The competition opens the 2017 season on 27 February and will be shown live at worldparapowerlifting.org.