Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A male Para cross country skier skies across the snow

Belarusian Nordic skier on why you should tune in.

Andre Shelby USA competes in the Men's Archery Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination Round against Nathan MacQueen GBR at Sambodromo

US archer remains focused on World Championship gold in Beijing.

Women on bench screaming of joy

Chinese athlete aiming to break her own world record.

Tokyo 2020 emblems

Overwhelming number of designs received from Japanese public.

Woman on a horse

Rio 2016 gold medallists headline Para equestrian European Championships.

A woman in wheelchair dances with a man standing up

Will act as link between athletes and sport’s decision makers.

a Para skier goes through a gate

Swiss alpine skier training both physically and mentally after season-ending injury.

A female goalball player holds the ball

Aussie Belles seek to beat goalball world No.2 China and world No.5 Japan.

a female powerlifter prepares to lift

Continent’s Paralympic and world champions are the ones to watch at World Championships.

a Para swimmer takes a breath out of the water

Five to keep an eye on during this year’s World Championships.

The official logo of the Asian Paralympic Committee

Statement from APC President on reasons for ending election bid.

Woman with black headscarf aiming with a weapon

What does Iran’s first Paralympic shooting champion like to do away from competition?

an aerial view of an aquatics centre

What you need to know about the World Para Swimming European Championships.

Ellen Keane of Ireland competes at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal.

First major Para sport event to be held in Ireland will kick off in exactly one year.

Man rowing

Rio 2016 Paralympian Blake Haxton headlines the roster.

Taiki Morii

Japanese alpine skier points out little intricacies about the sport.

A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.

Team England believe they can better their fourth-place finish from 2015.

Para athletes celebrate winning their events

BBC Radio's Ed Harry reflects on the greatest World Para Athletics Championships yet.

a man bites his medal on the podium

Two-time Paralympic swimmer seeks medal win in front of Mexican fans.

a Para athlete holds her medal and smiles

Powerlifter ready to cause an upset at home World Championships.