PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para athletes competing at their sports

The IPC Governing Board decides the athletics and swimming programmes for Tokyo 2020 and progresses applications for Paris 2024

Man smiling and lifting a silver trophy

Japanese star makes it 40 career Grand Slam titles at Melbourne Park

Athlete on a sit skiing racing

Taras Rad takes his first World Cup title this season with a great performance in the men's sitting biathlon middle distance event

a male Para Nordic skier raises his arms in celebration as he crosses the finish line

Poor shooting proves costly for some of biggest names at Nordic skiing World Cup

a group of male sit skiers race on the snow

Skiers are separated into standing, sitting and vision impaired categories for competition

a male sit skier ploughs through the snow

An exciting competition awaits at March’s Winter Paralympic Games

three male powerlifters ona podium

Nicaraguan powerlifters claim double gold at Para Central American Games

a female sit skier on the snow

US skier wins seventh Nordic skiing gold of the season at opening biathlon event in Germany

four female wheelchair tennis players hold up their trophies on court

Weather plays big part on third day of Grand Slam in Melbourne

Men and children running on an athletics' track

Paralympians meet schoolchildren to promote the values of the Games and teach about Para sports