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4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

An athlete with the Chinese flag posing next to a scoreboard

Kobe 2024: China lead super Saturday with three world records to finish on top

Wen Xiaoyan breaks second world record in five days, this time in the women's 200m T37, while Liu Cuiqing sets a new mark for the women's 200m T11 and Sun Pengxiang in the men's javelin F41; Colombia, South Africa, the Netherlands and Tunisia also claim golds with new records in the last day of the Para Athletics World Championships

A young female athlete posing for a picture next to a screen showing a world record

Kobe 2024: Aitchison, Athmani lead record-breaking Thursday

New Zealand's sprinter smashes 200m T36 world mark while Algeria set two new world records with another triumph for Skander Djamil Athmani (men's 100m T13) and Safia Djelal's women’s shot put F57 gold; Turkey’s Serkan Yildirim becomes the world's fastest man in the 400m T12 in a day that saw Dominican Republic's first-ever gold and victories for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champions Vanessa Low and Daniel Pembroke

Three men with prosthetic legs posing for a picture in a competition

Kobe 2024: Rehm extends his reign, Alphonse makes history for Mauritius

German blade jumper Markus Rehm takes his seventh world title and sees 'big jumps coming' ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympics as Noemi Alphonse's 100m T54 victory puts her country on the top of the podium for the first time ever; Morocco's Youssra Karim finally turns silver into gold in the women’s discus throw F41 while Brazil reaches most successful Para Athletics World Championships campaign and Saudi Arabia grab first gold medal in Japan

A female athlete landing in the sand in a long jump event

Kobe 2024: Double delight for Blackwell, Ekler, Jong and Xiaoyan

Four athletes take their second gold at this year's World Championships on Tuesday, as Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft claims her 15th world title and India and Iran make history; Belgium, Indonesia and Malaysia top the podium for the first time on day five in Japan