Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a male Para sit skier punches the air

Germany's top award victory surprises Paralympic champion

Selfie of Argnetina men's wheelchair basketball team after their gold medal victory

South American champion Argentina qualifed

Jesper PEDERSEN| Men's Giant Slalom Runs 1&2 |Alpine Skiing|PyeongChang2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Norway’s only PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic champion now a national celebrity

Niko Kappel | My Greatest

What are the big moments inspiring Paralympic athletics champion?

Transforming Lives: Episode 2

The Paralympics changed attitudes towards disability and created employment opportunities

female Para dancers Karlygash Tynabekova, Helena Kasicka, Olena Chynka on the dancefloor

Standout women on the dance floor this year

Perla Barcenas | Mexico | Women's up to 86kg | WPPO Americas Champs | Bogota 2018

Mexico tops the podium with Paralympic medallist and Porfirio Arredondo

A group of Para ice hockey players celebrating on ice

Team beat hosts 5-4 in a rematch of the 2018 Paralympic final

male Para dancers Ivan Sivak, Nilson Pires, Pawel Karpinski on the dancefloor

Year to remember for these competitors on and off the floor

Chile's Juan Carlos Garrido celebrates winning gold at the Bogota 2018 orld Para Powerlifting Americas Open Championships.

Juan Carlos Garrido, Jorge Carinao and Camila Campos emerge victorious

male wheelchair racer Daniel Romanchuk breaks the tape on the finish line ahead of two other wheelchair racers

World record performances and a rising star highlight year

Magazine cover photo of Colombian athlete drawing a boccia ball to his face

Last magazine of 2018 filled with sporting action, inspiring features and informative case studies

Mahdi Pourrahnamaahmad - Taekwondo

Iran’s Mahdi Pourrahnama is the top name in the men’s middleweight division

Iryna Shchetnik | World Record | World Shooting Para Sport European Champs | Belgrade 2018

New marks set by Shchetnik and Ristic on final day of Euros

male powerlifter Joao Franca Junior prepares to lift the bar

Americas record broken and favourites shocked on day one

five Americas athletes competing in Para sport

Athletes nominated in badminton, boccia, judo, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair tennis

Para dancers Hanna Harchakova and Roman Usmanov in a ballroom pose on the dance floor

Partnerships that stole hearts of judges and audiences this year

Mac MARCOUX | Downhill | PyeongChang2018 Paralympic Winter Games

Double Paralympic alpine skiing champion forging new partnership

Head-to-Heads | Bogota 2018

Americas Open Championships offer powerlifting path to Tokyo 2020

Day one Para Biathlon Highlights | PyeongChang 2018

Paralympic champion celebrated by community ahead of new season