PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC recognises representatives for success of Paralympics
Paralympic Games Appreciation Awarded given to organisers and supporters of Paris 2024

Top medal moments on Day 10
Rayane Soares da Silva of Brazil smashes 29-year-old record on the track

Paris 2024: Fitting farewell for Durand, Caironi on dramatic evening
Cuba's Omara Durand made it golden treble winning women's 200m T11 finals, while Martina Caironi won her first gold since Rio 2016 - clinching women's 100m T63 final after Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Ambra Sabatini fell colliding with Monica Graziana Contrafatto who was subsequently awarded joint bronze medal at Stade de France on day nine

Barlaam reunited with Paris surgeon who saved his leg
Italian Para swimmer wins Paris 2024 gold on Friday watched by the man who performed revolutionary operation on him as a teenager

Blind football history will be written on Day 10
Day 10 of Paris 2024 promises must-watch action in blind football, wheelchair tennis and Para swimming among many other key moments

Iran claims eighth men's sitting volleyball gold
A 3-1 win over Bosnia and Herzegovina gave Iran their eighth Paralympic men's sitting volleyball gold medal, with Morteza Mehrzadselakjani leading Iran in points

Paris 2024: Hunter Woodhall claims first gold medal at Paralympic Games
USA sprinter triumphs in the men's 400m T62 and celebrates with wife Tara Davis-Woodhall who won Olympic long jump gold in the same Stade de France few weeks ago; China breaks the 4x100m universal relay world record en route to gold with Woodhall helping USA take bronze in the event

Paris 2024: Gustin, Rostami, Mark and Yujiao shine with world records
Malaysia's Bonnie Bunyau Gustin improves own world record enroute to retaining Paralympic gold so does China's Tan Yujiao and Iran's Roohallah Rostami; Nigeria's Onyinyechi Mark win gold in debut Games; Mexico's Amalia Perez becomes most medalled athlete in Para powerlifting history with seven medals at La Chapelle Arena of day four

Emotional Kamiji clinches gold in memorable wheelchair tennis final
Japan's Yui Kamiji defeated Dutch wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot to earn her first women's singles Paralympic title

New IPC Athletes’ Council elected
Six members elected (four women and two men) including an athlete with intellectual impairment for the first time