Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Day 8 Highlights | Cheongju2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships

Teenage Slovakian shooter claims emotional debut world title

a male powerlifter standing in a Manchester United shirt

Peruvian powerlifter excited about upcoming European Open Championships

Day 7 highlights | Cheongju 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships

Slovakian overcomes exhausting day in R8 to finish with two gold medals

Hongzhuan Zhou of China prepares to compete in the Women's 800m - T53 Final at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

China hosts latest stop on athletics Grand Prix circuit

Men rowing in a lagoon

Old rivalries resume on the water at International Regatta in Gavirate

Day 6 highlights | Cheongju 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships

Experience helps Serbian win first world gold since 2010

two male judokas in a fight position

Qualifying period for Paralympic Games set to begin on 1 September

Chian's Liwan Yang competes in the women's discus F55 final during the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Chinese thrower sees home event as preparation for Asian Para Games

Ireland's Thomas Moylan (10) challenges France's Ryadh Sallem (9) during the IWRF Europe Division B final.

Ireland’s rising star ready to shine at wheelchair rugby Worlds

a female Para ice hockey player laughing on the ice

Venezuelan has been playing for US women’s team since 2015

USA´s Julie O´Neill Dussliere after being appointed APC President

American to govern until next APC General Assembly in Lima in 2019

Men's 200m T44 | final |  2015 IPC Athletics World Championships Doha

Sprinter to race first Grand Prix since hamstring injury in 2017

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Colombian Julio Cesar Avila is sole candidate standing for election on 9 May

Day 5 highlights | Cheongju 2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships

Iran’s Javanmardi also picks up third gold as pistol events draw to a close

four wheelchair tennis players hitting shots on court

Forty-four teams from 25 countries set to compete

a group of male double amputee runners come round the bend

Floors and Rehm head winners in Barcelona as countdown to Berlin 2018 continues

a blind footballer celebrates on his knees

World No.2 seeks revenge on Brazil after 2014 Worlds final defeat

a female Para swimmer comes out of the water to take a breath

Argentinian swimmer targets more titles after double gold in Sao Paulo

a male Para athlete throwing a javelin

A look back at some of the highlights ahead of this year’s edition

three male Para triathletes on a podium on the beach

Spain win seven of 11 events at second triathlon World Cup of the season