Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

male Para athlete Vincent Rodrigues yells out as he crosses the finish line to win the race

Sprinter sets new world record on opening day in Sao Paulo

female Para swimmer Maisie Summers-Newton holds onto the wall and smiles in the pool at the end of the race

Hosts dominate opening races of latest World Series

Parapan American Games | Lima 2019

Table tennis to kick off biggest Games to date

male Para athlete Petrucio Ferreira raises his finger as he crosses the finish line

Star-studded Brazilian team headline Grand Prix field

An illustration of an amputee runner, Para dressage rider on a horse and wheelchair rugby players

Danish city uses events as a platform for change

Canada v USA | Para Ice Hockey

Defending champions round off series of Worlds team previews

Bronze medalist Barbara Niewiedzial of Poland celebrates on the podium at the medal ceremony for the women's 400m T20 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Honours recognise best athletes with intellectual impairments

Course educator standing in front of course participants who are taking notes and staring ahead at the screen

Ground-breaking course held ahead of Eger World Cup

Canada v USA | Para Ice Hockey

Paralympic champions primed to take back Worlds crown

Woman in wheelchair dancing

Para dance season opens in style on Dutch dance floor

Powerlifting | KHALAF Mohammed UAE | Men’s - 88kg | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Paralympic champion returns following gold at home World Cup in February

male Para swimmer Daniel Dias laughs in the pool and female Para swimmer Louise Fiddes holds up a gold medal

Daniel Dias and Louise Fiddes to compete in double-header

An aerial view of a stadium with an athletics track

Tenth edition of competition is first to take place in Japan

female wheelchair tennis player Marjolein Buis hits an overhead forehand on a hard court

Duo triumph in quads and women’s events at Korea Open

male Para ice hockey players from Czech Republic celebrating and hugging on the ice

Hosts hoping home advantage pays off at Worlds

A man running on an athletics track

Petrucio Ferreira’s protegee aims for fast time in Sao Paulo

Pyha 2019 | Overall Highlights | World Para Snowboard

A lookback at the thrills and spills of the past six months

Two Para ice hockey players hug on the ice rink

A closer look at the Winter Paralympics bronze medallists

Agitos

Iranian powerlifter failed test at 2017 Asian Youth Para Games

female Para badminton player Yuma Yamazaki sits in a wheelchair and high fives a standing man

Para badminton player aims to make sons proud at Paralympics