Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

In Portugal, IPC President Andrew Parsons met with the Minister of Education and Sport Tiago Brandão Rodrigues and President of the Portugal Paralympic Committee José Manuel Lourenço.

Andrew Parsons spends four days in Portugal meeting sport leaders and politicians.

Melissa Tapper celebrates winning table tennis gold at Gold Coast 2018.

Australian table tennis player secures gold in the singles while England´s Ross Wilson wins men´s event

Colombian blind football team

The Colombian team is ready to extend its wave of success at the World Championships

a male wheelchair racer holds up the Swiss flag

Swiss Silver Bullet ready to extend marathon dominance

a male Nordic sit skier

PyeongChang 2018 youngest Paralympian makes history for Brazil

Woman holds sign with a man

Rajae Akermach’s win over Amy Truesdale in African Open boosts her rankings

Spain's Marcela Quinteros - badminton

The Spanish athlete targets a podium finish at the European Championships

Suwaibidu Galadima celebrating on the podium together with James Arnott and Tevaughn Thomas at Gold Coast 2018.

Suwaibidu Galadima is the fastest man in the 100m T47 on sixth day at the Commonwealth Games

Australian table tennis player Melissa Tapper competing at Gold Coast 2018

Australian and Nigerian players to face-off in women’s final and all-English showdown among men

John Clark (second row in the back; fourth from the right) as part of Great Britain's team for the 1984 Paralympics

British former wheelchair fencer won four medals between 1972 and 1984

a group of blind footballers pose for a photo on the pitch

European country seeking best performance at a World Championships

a male writer at an ice hockey rink

IPC writer Stuart Lieberman shares his experience of working at the Games

a male vision impaired runner and his guide during a race

IPC mourns British former middle and long distance runner

a female Para sprinter punches the air

English Paralympic champion shines on Australian soil in 100m T38

a female Para judoka jumps in the air in celebration

Mexican Paralympic judo champion kicks off season at Pan American Championship

A group of female wheelchair basketballers in a circle

Wheelchair basketball Worlds hosts name men and women’s squads

a female wheelchair athlete contesting the marathon

Swiss racer lines up for marathon 12 months after maiden victory

2018 World Shooting Para Sport Championships | Cheongju

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a male Para swimmer punches the air

Hosts take three more Commonwealth titles to round off Para competition

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