Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Several Para sport competitions took place in April 2018

Gold Coast 2018 gathers 300 Para athletes competing across seven Para sports

a group of blind footballers pose for a team photo

Nation will make their World Championships debut this year

a male Para shooter

These shooters are aiming for gold in R4, R5 and R6 events

Action shot of Brazil's Daniel Dias swimming

Dias and Gimenez dominate again in the Sao Paulo pool

Petrucio Ferreira running in the 100m T47

Petrucio Ferreira among winners on final day of multi-class races

Woman with rifle waves at crowd

These shooters are aiming for gold in R1, R2 and R3 events

a male athlete throws a shot put

Brazilian sets new shot put mark on thrilling day two at Grand Prix

a male Para swimmer mid-freestyle stroke

Brazil’s Para swimming superstar thrills the home crowds in Sao Paulo

a female powerlifter looks into the camera

Paralympic medallists Ali Jawad and Zoe Newson lead delegation

A male wheelchair tennis player takes a shot

Will be the 19th country to host event since its inception in 1985

IPC President Andrew Parsons lead delegation which conducted first review of Paris 2024

Delegation including President Andrew Parsons visits city with six years to go until Paralympics

Woman goalball player rolls a ball

Senior and youth events to be contested from 2018-2020

A picture of a Wheelchair Fencer celebrating her victory

Top-ranked athletes take on the third competition on the circuit

a group of wheelchair rugby players pose on the court with their medals

Hosts and tournament favourites Australia lead Pool A

one male swimmer kissing another on the cheek in celebration

National records tumble on opening day of World Series

a female Para sprinter runs for the line

Brazilian sprinter wins Grand Prix gold despite imminent surgery

Woman with black headscarf aiming with a weapon

Iran’s Sareh Javanmardi can add to her historic pair of Paralympic golds

a male and female Para dance couple

Applications now open for first intro course to be held in the Americas

a man standing in front of a football pitch

Asian blind football team to make their debut at World Championships

Two athletes hug on the track in front of a bulletin board showing 'WR'

More than two hundred athletes set to compete at Grand Prix in Brazil