Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

female Para dancer Helena Kasicka holding hands with her male partner during a dance

Slovakian goes solo with former dance partner guiding from sideline

Woman powerlifter on a bench celebrating with another woman

Paralympics gender equality targeted with launch of ‘She Can Lift’

Australia woman in wheelchair raises arms before crossing finish line

Australian had never heard of Para triathlon until 2014

Man with a medal taking pictures with fans on the stands in a stadium

Superstition, Self-belief and Finland training behind Indian thrower's success

Bibian Mentel-Spee Retirement

Snowboarder calls end to career but continues living legacy

A group of people on sledges on an ice hockey rink

Event in Armenia provides support for countries taking on the sport

Interview with Oksana Masters

Paralympic champion honoured by Women’s Sport Foundation

Two male wheelchair rugby players collide with their wheelchairs

Netherlands defeat Switzerland for wheelchair rugby gold

two groups of blind footballers from Russia and Morocco celebrating with a trophy

European and African competitions will act as Tokyo 2020 qualifiers

female Para canoeist Helene Ripa paddles in her boat

Conference highlights future growth of sport

male Para table tennis player Peter Rosenmeier plays a forehand

What we learned from the World Championships

Man in wheelchair holding medal and flowers

Battle for Tokyo 2020 qualification slots picks up in UAE

Nicaragua's wheelchair basketball players on a court holding up the Nicaragua flag

Lima 2019 wheelchair basketball qualification spots at stake

Colombian swimmer Moisés Fuentes smiling on the podium

Para Athletics and Para Swimming Open closes in Colombia

Natalia Partyka competing at the Para Table Tennis World Championships, holding the bat and watching the ball closely

Twenty-one Para table tennis gold medals decided

Para athletes Brad Snyder, Curtis McGrath, Dave Henson and Elizabeth Marks on the podium

Check out four of the most renowned athletes who shone in both events

Man playing Para table tennis

Defending world champions have mixed fortunes on day three in Slovenia

Para athletes competing at their sports

Details the days and times of each sporting session

a group of people and the Lima 2019 mascot smile for a photo

Forty-six participants from 16 countries take part in workshop in Peru

a male Para swimmer holds his bronze medal aloft

Record number of countries at Colombia's Athletics and Swimming Open