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![Ilse Hayes of South Africa](/sites/default/files/images/150424115431067_ilse.jpg)
Hayes becomes world’s fastest female para-athlete in São Paulo
South African makes history by clocking 11.89 on the first day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.
![A picture of a man in wheelchair celebrating his victory with a gold medal around his neck](/sites/default/files/images/170303080031463_David-Weir-jpg.jpg)
David Weir aims to maintain record over Marcel Hug at major Championships
The British Paralympic champion lines up at Sunday’s marathon World Championships knowing he’ll most probably have to beat the defending champion to land the world title.
![City views from the air, Sao Paulo, Brazil.](/sites/default/files/images/150423084637221_457379451.jpg)
Five facts about São Paulo
The IPC Athletics Grand Prix starts in São Paulo on Thursday, but here are five facts you might not know about the city.
![A visually impaired athlete runs with her guide on the track of a stadium.](/sites/default/files/images/140502120513025_Terezinha%2Blyon.jpg)
Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Sao Paulo, Brazil
Around 340 athletes from 20 countries will be lining up in the fifth Grand Prix of 2015.
![A picture of women running on the track](/sites/default/files/images/130206135224338_151376333.jpg)
Hayes targets sub-12 second 100m in Sao Paulo
The South African visually impaired sprinter is hoping to run the perfect race at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix later this month.
![Tatyana McFadden of the United States crosses the finish line to win the women's push rim wheelchair division of the 119th Boston Marathon on April 20, 2015 in Boston, Massachusetts.](/sites/default/files/images/150421113032900_470453048.jpg)
McFadden wins again, Hug claims first Boston Marathon victory
The world’s best racers will now head to London, Great Britain, for Sunday’s IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships
![Women in racing wheelchair](/sites/default/files/images/140820211412357_453829142_0.jpg)
Schär bids to retain marathon world title in London
The Swiss racer knows that to retain her crown she will have to stop the USA’s Tatyana McFadden from winning her third successive Virgin Money London Marathon.
![Female runners with guides on a track running](/sites/default/files/images/140708114756720_120901_213500_2290.jpg)
Chinese athletes smash 18-year-old world record in Beijing
On the final day of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix, a quartet of Chinese athletes took 0.3 seconds off the 4x100m T11-13 world record.
![Brazilian Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina runs with Usain Bolt of Jamaica as her guide during an exhibition in preparation for the Mano a Mano Athletics Challenge at the Jockey Club Brasileiro in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.](/sites/default/files/images/150419091458289_470212436.jpg)
Usain Bolt runs as guide for blind Paralympic champion Guilhermina in Rio
Six-time Olympic champion from Jamaica trains with Brazil’s three-time Paralympic champion ahead of 'Mano a Mano' event.
![The Paralympic and world 200m T46 champion Yohansson Nascimento gives an insight into his three heroes.](/sites/default/files/images/150416083419787_19%2Bapril%2B2015.jpg)
#SuperheroSunday: Yohansson Nascimento
He will be competing in the IPC Athletics Grand Prix this week in Sao Paulo, Brazil, but today he tells us which people are his heroes.
![Blindfolded women with guide running in a relay](/sites/default/files/images/150120141540101_Cuiqing%2BLiu.jpg)
Ten Asian records set on second day of Beijing Grand Prix
The records included Cuiqing Liu taking 0.15 seconds off the 10-year-old 200m T11 Asian record.
![Four runners on a track in a stadium](/sites/default/files/images/140704133236106_LON_0609_7249_0.jpg)
Hu sets new long jump world record at Beijing Grand Prix
The 27-year-old added 31cm to the previous best set in 2012 by South African Dyan Buis
![Lisha Huang of China competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/140709141001647_120905_201336_mh_2710.jpg)
Preview: IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, China
Around 160 athletes from 14 countries will compete in the fourth Grand Prix of 2015.
![The lead group of the marathon goes past the Forbidden City at Tiananmen Square at the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150417105835665_82849727.jpg)
Five facts about Beijing
Ahead of this weekend’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Beijing, China, here are five facts you may not know about Beijing
![Huzhao Li of China crosses the line to win gold in the Men's 200m T53 Final at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150416093913628_LI.jpg)
Li aims to get back to world title winning form at Beijing Grand Prix
The 26-year-old T53 wheelchair racer will be hoping to hit form at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix as October’s World Championships fast approach.
![Laureus World Sportsperson of the Year 2015 with a disability winner and Wheelchair Racer Tatyana McFadden of USA poses with her award at Newman Hall on March 28, 2015 in Champaign, llinois, USA.](/sites/default/files/images/150416120712825_469796672.jpg)
USA’s McFadden wins Laureus Sport Award
The US Paralympian was honoured for her achievements in both athletics and cross-country skiing.
![Tatyana McFadden, a wheelchair racer, crosses the Boston Marathon finish line](/sites/default/files/images/140421233443975_485906781_0.jpg)
Abbott World Marathon Majors wheelchair series announced
New series will see the world's best marathon racers compete for an annual USD 50,000 prize.
![Wheelchair athlete on the track](/sites/default/files/images/150114170132581_151213412.jpg)
#WorkoutWednesday with Australia’s Rheed McCracken
The T34 wheelchair racer guides us through a typical day of training ahead of October’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar
Nascimento hopes Sao Paulo Grand Prix can act as springboard to further success
The Brazilian sprinter is aiming for medals at August’s Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games and October’s World Championships.
![Women with short black hair poses with a medal](/sites/default/files/images/150409145400282_12%2Bapril%2B2015.jpg)
#SuperheroSunday: Liwan Yang
The double London 2012 Paralympic champion gives an insight into her three heroes