Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

three blind football players go for the ball

London 2012 blind football silver medallists aim to cause an upset

two Para taekwondo fighters in a bout

Rwandan aspires to emulate movie star namesake Jean Claude Van Damme

Para athletes celebrating winning

Paralympic Winter Games headline bumper month of action

a male standing Para alpine skier in action

Final day of Finals not held due to weather conditions

a male wheelchair dancer mid-move

World champions return for the first time since Malle 2017

a male wheelchair curler raises his arms in celebration

Hosts of next Winter Paralympics look to build on Games success

a female powerlifter on the podium with her gold medal

Commonwealth Games and continental events to come

WADA President Sir Craig Reedie

Record number of delegates in Lausanne to discuss progress in anti-doping

a female wheelchair fencer in action

Catch up on the summer sport events you might have missed

Man in wheelchair holding medal and flowers

UAE’s Paralympic medallist finished home World Cup with R7 title

a female Para athlete wrapped in the Chinese flag

With regional championships on the horizon these athletes could win big

a female Para swimmer in the water

Dutch swimmer claimed three individual medals at first World Series in Copenhagen

Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Medal Event Programme

Paralympic flame to be lit again in two years’ time

two male judokas in a fight position

Event will serve as preparation for November’s World Championships

a male sit skier goes down the slope

Swiss alpine skier wins giant slalom at Finals in Obersaxen

a male wheelchair tennis player lifts a trophy

Japanese wheelchair tennis legend back to full form

a male vision impaired skier and his guide celebrate by holding up their skis

Athletes turn focus to 2019 Worlds plus other storylines for upcoming season

a group of blind footballers line up in goal

Another country joins sport’s growing international family

three female Para snowboarders on the podium

Storylines to follow heading into the 2018-19 season

a male Para shooter takes a shot

Slovakian shooter finishes ahead of rival Matt Skelhon