Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Road to Sao Paulo 2017 - Meet Camila Haase (Costa Rica)

Costa Rican swimmer takes four golds at National Open in Colombia

male wheelchair tennis player Stefan Olsson smiling and holding a crystal trophy

Giulia Capocci and Sam Schroder also take wheelchair tennis titles

male badminton player Pedro Pablo de Vinatea screams and throws his arms up in celebration

Home badminton players shine at Para Pan Ams

female wheelchair fencer Zsuzsanna Krajnyak with her guard off on the piste

Wheelchair fencing World Cup throws up surprises

female Para dancer Hanna Harchakova and male Para dancer Roman Usmanov sitting together

Ivan Sivak shines as Ukraine finish top of medal standings

male Para canoeist Caio Carvalho mid-stroke during a race on the water

Brazilian ready to beat his rivals to gold at Tokyo 2020

Polish dancers Nadine Kinczel and Pawel Karpinski competing

Hosts´ duo take European title a day before country’s 100th anniversary

A young athlete withou one arm standing in front of a swimming pool

Brazilian teenager made headlines after losing arm in tiger attack

Wheelchair dancer Helena Kasicka while competing

Slovakian wins title on Ukraine-dominated opening day

Woman in wheelchair dancing

Region’s best dancers will aim for perfect moves in Poland

male judoka Chris Skelley wrestles with another fighter

British judoka targets first World Championship podium

four men including Leonel da Rocha Pinto standing in suits in a conference hall

African Paralympic Committee makes strong gains for development of Para sports

female Para alpine skier Marie Bochet goes round a gate

Paralympic champions get off to winning Europa Cup start

male wheelchair curler Viljo Petersson Dahl plays a stone on the ice

World B Championship is first competition since PyeongChang 2018

A man on sledge hockey scoring a goal against a goalkeeper trying to defend the puck

Para ice hockey rookies impress in debut tournament

Peruvian male badminton player with prosthetic leg stands holding a racket

Home players among favourites for medals at Championships

Male and female wheelchair dancers perform

Top dancers to keep an eye on at European Championships

Japanese female goalball players run across the court holding a Japan  flag

Tokyo 2020 hosts claim first Asian Para Games women’s title

the official logo of VISTA 2019

Sports scientists and Para sport experts to meet in Amsterdam

Three men with helmets in an indoor snowboard track

Paralympic medallist gets season off to storming start