Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

World champions Brazil won the Rio 2016 goalball test event.

Lady and Men Intercup serves as preparation for June’s World Championships

a stadium with fireworks exploding above it

This is the first group benefitting from Olympic Agenda 2020 reforms

two men take a selfie over food

US wheelchair racer talks to Australia’s Commonwealth Games athletics co-captain Kurt Fearnley

two female Para swimmers smiling on the podium

Showdown headlines Para swimming competition at Commonwealth Games

a female tandem team celebrate winning a race

World champion heads track cycling at Commonwealth Games

a group of male sitting volleyball players in action on the court

Final spots decided at qualification event held in South Korea

a male curler bites his gold medal

Historic gold medal brings Chinese wheelchair curler into the spotlight

Woman in shooting range, looking back over her shoulder, smiling

US shooter aiming for first medal at second Championships

Para athletes competing at their sports

First major multi-sport competition since Rio 2016 kicks off on Wednesday

a Para dance couple in a pose on the dance floor

Olena Chynka wins four golds in first competition of season

a male wheelchair rugby player

Final four countries will be decided at Nottwil Qualification Tournament

a female powerlifter clenches her fists on the bench

Five powerlifters who could have a breakthrough season in 2018

Diana Dadzite | Gold – Women’s Shot Put F55 Final | London 2017 World Para Athletics Championships

Latvian thrower shares her story of how she went from spectator to world champion

two female wheelchair athletes crossing the line

Wheelchair marathon showdown at Commonwealth Games

two Para sprinters dive for the line

Australian sprinter to close career at home Commonwealth Games

five male Para athletes celebrating medal success

Five athletes nominated for performances at PyeongChang 2018

swimmer, cyclist and runner competing at sports

Commonwealth Games sees summer sports take centre stage

a group of blind football players line up before a match

World No.12 seek to show they can fight the odds and beat powerhouses

World Anti Doping Agency's Logo.

Global anti-doping intelligence experts meets in Helsinki

a group of goalball players link arms in celebration

Rio 2016 goalball champions ready to return to the top