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Athletes with a visual impairment compete in the 100m at the 2014 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing.
Athletics

Lin Zhu was the star of the show on Monday breaking the 100m and 400m T13 Asian records.

Guido Bonsen
Athletics

The head coach of the Dutch para-athletics team explains why he believes para-athletics needs to be better integrated with the able-bodied side of the sport.

Picture of Glasgow 2014 stadium with 100 days to go written in the grass
Cycling

The next Commonwealth Games will include more medals and sports for para-sport than ever before.

Tatyana McFadden celebrates her second successive Virgin Money London Marathon win in April 2014.
Athletics

Just 32 days after winning a silver medal at Sochi 2014, the American was back to her best on the streets of the British capital.

Men's wheelchair racers cross Tower Bridge in the 2014 Virgin Money London Marathon
Athletics

After finishing runner-up three times in the last four years, Hug finally topped the podium at the Virgin Money London Marathon in a thrilling sprint finish.

Great Britain's Paralympic champion Richard Whitehead
Athletics

This year's event includes races for T11-13 athletes, T42/43 and T44-46 men’s races for athletes with limb impairments and a new wheelchair race for T51/52 men.

Tatyana McFadden
Athletics

Four weeks to the day since the Closing Ceremony of the Sochi 2014 Paralympics, Tatyana McFadden will be looking to defend her London Marathon title.

A picture of women running on a tracking field
Athletics

Italian champion is studying Mandarin and will be using the visit to test her language skills and lay down a marker ahead of August’s Euros.

Josh Cassidy
Athletics

Canadian knows to win Vigrin Money London Marathon he will have to beat Paralympic champion Weir and world title holder Hug.

Man crossing a finish line in a stadium, celebrating
Athletics

The Australian sprinter, who runs 100m in 10.79 seconds, blogs about what it means to try instead of wonder.

David Weir
Athletics

Summer para-sports are set to heat up again, with big events approaching in athletics, cycling, powerlifting and archery.

Ricardo Costa de Oliveira of Brasil
Athletics

Athletes from six different sports participated in a team camp in Limerick in preparation for the next Paralympic Games.

Santiago 2014
Athletics

More than 600 athletes will compete for medals in seven sports in South America.

The Suhaim Bin Hamad Stadium is home to the Qatar Sports Club and will host the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships
Rio 2016

“Impressive” venues to host last major global gathering of athletes ahead of Rio 2016 from 19-28 November 2015.

Anti-Doping Laboratory
Athletics

Jean-Paul Compaore tested positive for eEPO at IPC Athletics World Championships in Lyon, France.

Alessandro Daldoss of Italy competes in the Mens Slalom Visually Impaired
Alpine Skiing

Nominees for the honour include: Marie Bochet, Alessandro Daldoss, Toby Kane, Walid Ktila, Alexandra Rickham and Matti Suur-Hamari.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)
Athletics

Code will be effective from 1 January 2015 and was unanimously approved by WADA Foundation Board.

Marcel Hug
Athletics

The Swiss Silver Bullet held on as Thailand’s Prawat Waharam smashed the Asian record.

Walid Ktila of Tunisia
Athletics

The third day of competition at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix saw one world and six regional records broken as a new British talent emerged

Walid Ktila
Athletics

Five world and 10 regional records fall on first two days of IPC Athletics Grand Prix