PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Big moments on Day 2
Raoua Tlili defended her gold medal in the women's shot put F41 event as Para athletics got underway

Rainbow-Cooper wants to smash ceilings
First British winner of Boston Marathon makes Paralympic debut in Paris

Paris 2024 Paralympics: Shooting Para sport day two preview
The ones to watch in the second day of competition at the Chateauroux Shooting Centre with the men’s R1 and women’s P2 finals

Paris 2024: Third successive gold for Ferreira dos Santos on record-breaking evening
The Brazilian retains men’s 100m T47, world records for China's Di Dongdong in men’s long jump T11 and Tunisia's Maroua Ibrahmi in women’s club throw F32 as eight Paralympic champions were awarded in evening of day one

Uganda’s Kukundakwe will be ‘flaming hot’
Paris 2024: Uganda’s Husnah Kukundakwe will be ‘flaming hot’ in the pool

Para athletics and wheelchair tennis join the party on Day 2
A multitude of Para athletics medals will be decided on day two, with wheelchair tennis and Para rowing also getting under way

Flagbearer McFall aims for outer space
Trailblazing astronaut and Beijing 2008 Paralympic bronze medallist John McFall helped raise the Paralympic flag at the Paris 2024 Opening Ceremony

Top medal highlights from Day 1
Italy leads the way in the pool with eight Para swimming medals

Khudadadi wins first-ever medal for Refugee Paralympic Team
Khudadadi earned bronze in the women’s K44 -47kg division at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, becoming the first Refugee Paralympic Team athlete to win a medal

Paris 2024: Ugo Didier electrifies Para swimming arena with Paralympic gold
Twenty-two year old takes his first Paralympic title in the first final of the Paris 2024 Para swimming programme at Paris La Denfense Arena beating Italy's Simone Barlaam and Australia's world record holder Brenden Hall in the men's 400m freestyle S9; Great Britain's Poppy Maskill and China's Chen Yi set new world records on day one