Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Young powerlifter celebrates

Sport’s best rising stars will contest seven men's and eight women's categories

a male Para swimmer in the water

Monica Boggioni and Daniel Dias claim inaugural women’s and men’s titles

two female Para swimmers hold up their gold medals

Multiple Paralympic champions to battle for gold at World Championships

three Para badminton players celebrate on the court

One European country stood out amid Asian-dominated podium

two male Para powerlifters

Paralympic silver medallist sees Iranian Majid Farzin as his strongest opponent

skiers, powerlifters and swimmers competing at their sports

Rescheduled powerlifting and swimming Worlds headline final month of the year

a group of Para powerlifters hold up their lifting suits

Charity kit supplier supports powerlifters taking part in Agitos Foundation camp in Mexico

a male wheelchair tennis player gives a fist pump

Organisers hope it will lead to the introduction of quad competition in the near future

a group of Para snowboarders smile with their medals

Suur-Hamari wins at home World Cup but other events see shock results

The official mascot of Mexico City 2017

Para Sport Festival mascot talks powerlifting and swimming

a group of schoolchildren pose for a photo

Two NPCs were among first to implement education programme as part of pilot launches

IPC Top 50 - No. 31 GB domination continues - equestrian

British Para equestrian team still dominate at Euros despite changes

Siamand Rahman of Iran celebrates his new world record on the Powerlifting - Men's +107kg Group A at Riocentro Pavillon 2 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Iranian legend looking to make further history at World Championships

Agitos

IPC President to speak at news conference in London on 22 December

a male Para table tennis player gives a thumbs up to the camera

Belgian teenage table tennis sensation defends his European title

two female Para powerlifters on the bench

Another epic showdown expected in the women’s up to 73kg

two male Para swimmers

World Para Swimming Championships to feature all-Brazilian head-to-head

Para athletes celebrating wins in marathon, fencing, wheelchair tennis, snowboard and alpine skiing

Winter season kicks off while Para badminton and wheelchair fencing Worlds take place

groups of schoolchildren and Para athletes try out sports

NPC Serbia and Ministry of Youth and Sport sign agreement to implement programme

a male Para snowboarder

Finnish snowboarder hoping to dazzle on familiar slopes of Pyha