PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a group of goalball athletes smile for the camera

Officials trained by international referee at friendly tournament in Jerusalem.

a group of para athletes smile for the camera

Close to 270 athletes from 40 countries took part in first World Para Athletics Junior Championships.

Para triathlon was contested at the Paralympic Games for the first time at Rio 2016.

Bidding process opens for events leading up to 2018 Worlds and Tokyo 2020.

Brazilian athlete clears a bar in the high jump

The USA´s three-time world junior champion Hannah Dederick will go for four.

Mohhamad Fathiganji  - Iran - Nottwil 2017

Javelin thrower hopes Junior Worlds can act as catalyst for future Paralympic success.

Guadalupe Vergara Quezada - Mexico - Nottwil 2017

“Reading helps me focus,” reveals Mexico's world junior champion in the women's discus throw F40-F41.

a man speaks at a podium

Speech by Tarek Souei, World Para Athletics Sports Technical Committee

Athlete in a wheelchair celebrates clencing her first with a big smile on a wet track.

Licia Mussinelli wins the women´s 1,500m T51-T54 youth title (U18), defeating USA´s world junior champion Hannah Dederick.

Azerbaijan’s Ilham Zakiyev conceded the final match at the 2015 IBSA European Judo Championships to Russia’s Abdula Kurmagomedov.

Azerbaijan won both the men’s and women’s team event on the final day of the 2017 IBSA European Judo Championships.

Luis Lucumi - Dixon Hooker

Colombia´s Rio 2016 silver medallist admits without fellow athlete Dixon Hooker, he would not be who he is today.