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Paris 2024: Powerlifting Day Four Preview
Jordanian star Abdelkareem Khattab, Brazil's Mariana D'Andrea and Nigeria's Bose Omolayo and others to follow on Saturday at the La Chapelle Arena, day four of powerlifting programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Paris 2024: Barlaam clinches second gold in front of special audience
Italy's Simone Barlaam clinches his first Paralympic gold in men's 100m butterfly S9; China's Jincheng Guo (men's 50m butterfly S5) and Dong Lu (women's 50m butterfly S5) take fourth golds with record shows while Canada's Sebastian Massabie (men's 50m freestyle S4) and USA's Leanne Smith (women's 50m freestyle S4) set world records en route to gold

Argentina deny Brazil sixth blind football gold
Argentina will face hosts France in the blind football final on 7 September

Thrilling team sport semis highlight Day 8
Day eight featured semifinal action across three team sports, setting up thrilling finals in wheelchair basketball, sitting volleyball and blind football

Paris 2024: Low retains Paralympic title in record breaking style
Australia's Vanessa Low wins second Paralympic title in row with a new world record in the women's long jump T61 much like Greece's Ghavelas Athanasios who defends his Paralympic gold in men's 100m T11; Swiss star Catherine Debrunner won her fourth gold medal with a Games record time in women's 400m - T53 final while Wen Xiaoyan gets golden treble at the Stade de France on day seven of competitions

Paris 2024: Para powerlifting day three preview
Paralympic legend Amalia Perez and the other stars to follow on Friday at the La Chapelle Arena, day three of the powerlifting programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Paris 2024: Elena Krawzow defends Paralympic title with new world record
German swimmer who was diagnosed with brain cancer weeks after Tokyo 2020 gold wins women's 100m breaststroke SB12 with one of the five Para swimming world records set at La Defense Arena on Thursday at the Paralympic Games

Dutch ‘machine’ Plat nets a hat-trick
Dutch Para cyclist will turn his attention to the marathon after a gold trifecta

Paris 2024: Third time lucky for Rehab Ahmed, Clara Fuentes makes history
Egyptian takes her elusive Paralympic gold at La Chapelle Arena after two consecutive silver medals, Venezuelan powerlifter put her country on the top of the podium for the first time in the sport, China’s Zou Yi and Egypt's Mohamed Elmenyawy take Games title in the men's events on Thursday

Para canoe gets underway on Day 9
Day 9 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games features the start of the Para canoe competition and sitting volleyball medal matches, as well as thrilling wheelchair basketball semifinals

Silver lining for Martinet as Paris hails home hero
Also memorable medals for Kazakhstan's Sherzod Namozov and Kapil Parmar of India on first day of Para judo

Meet the Paralympians making waves in Bermuda
Wheelchair racer Jessica Cooper Lewis and boccia athlete Yushae Andrade are the only competitors from Bermuda at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Sevda Altunoluk makes history with third goalball gold
Reigning women's champions Turkiye beat Israel to clinch goalball gold
Paris 2024: Hiltrop clinches first R6 mixed gold on final day
German star Natascha Hiltrop takes second gold at Paris 2024 - winning R6 mixed 50m rifle prone gold with a Games record, Sweden's Anna Benson gets silver even as French shooter Jean-Louis Michaud claims first ever Paralympic medal

De La Puente wins quarter final on ‘best day of his life’
Facing Frenchman Stephane Houdet in wheelchair tennis, Martin De La Puente had to contend with roaring home crowd

More than 90 IPC-supported delegations competing
Athletes, coaches and technical officials from around the world are competing at the Paralympics thanks to IPC development programmes

Top medal moments on Day 8
Japan's Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka become first Japanese women to win wheelchair tennis gold

USA upset GB in wheelchair basketball thriller
Netherlands, China, US and Canada will tussle for medals as Paralympic semi-final line-up set

Para canoe action starts with big names defending their titles
Australia's Curtis McGrath and Hungary's Peter Kiss are among the ones to watch in the water

Paris 2024 | Para powerlifting preview: The ones to watch on day two
Great Britain’s Olivia Broome and China's Jinping Xiao are favourite in women's up to 50kg while Rehab Ahmed of Egypt is the name to beat in the women's up to 55kg ; China’s Qi Yongkai will be the man to beat in men's up to 59kg even as China’s Zou Yi looks strong in men's up to 65kg event on day two