PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para triathletes gear up for glory on Day 5
Day 5 promises to serve up excitement in Para triathlon and plenty of intensity on the wheelchair rugby court

Smith: “Boccia gods were playing with me” in shock defeat
Three-time Paralympic boccia champion David Smith missed out on a medal in the men’s individual BC1 tournament at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Top medal highlights from Day 4
Para archer Jason Tabansky was a late call-up but made the most of it, winning gold

Paris 2024: Fortune wins first Paralympic gold in style on Sunday
British thrower improves her own shot put F20 world record to give her country the second Sunday gold, alongside Hannah Cockroft's fourth consecutive 100m T34 title; refugee Para athlete Guillaume Atangana makes history with bronze medal in a romantic evening session that ended with a marriage proposal

Paris 2024: Great Britain, China on top as more record fall on day four
Ukraine's Mykhailo Serbin sets new world and gold in men's 100m backstroke S11 final, Great Britain's Maisie Summers-Newton and China Yang Hang get Paralympic records at Paris La Defense Arena

History made as Atangana wins 2nd Refugee Team medal
Personal best time in men’s 400m T11 final means a podium finish for the vision impaired sprinter and Refugee Paralympic Team flagbearer

Paris 2024: De La Forest finally wins first Paralympic gold at home
Frenchman Tanguy De La Forest takes second medal at Paris 2024 winning the mixed R5 final while Slovakian legend Veronica Vadovicova regains Paralympic gold in mixed R3 event on day three at Chateauroux Shooting Centre

Awesome foursomes battle it out
Female and male swimmers team up in unique event to chase Paralympic glory

Mehrzadselakjani eyeing gold hat-trick
The Iranian men’s sitting volleyball team is on track to continue its global dominance

Paris 2024: Yang Yue celebrates long-awaited shot put gold
After silver medal in four consecutive Paralympic Games, Chinese thrower finally finishes on top of the podium on a Sunday morning with another gold to China and Portugal's first Paralympic title at Paris 2024