Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a female Chinese wheelchair basketballer shields the ball from another player

Wheelchair basketballers round off Asian Para Games with gold

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

China miss out on both goalball golds as Japan win first title

female Para athlete Makita Sayaka running

Asian Para Games winner gets tasty reward as she heads podium sweep

female Para triathlete Amy Dixon and her guide cross the finish line

Home World Cup sets up athletes for Tokyo 2020 qualification year

male wheelchair tennis player Kyu-Seung Kim plays a forehand

South Korean veteran pulls off shock wheelchair tennis win

male wheelchair racer Kurt Fearnley holds up his medal alongside his wife and holding his child on his lap

Athlete becomes first Paralympian to win country's prestigious sports honour

male sitting volleyball player Morteza Mehrzadselakjani blocks a ball over the net

Defending champions retain sitting volleyball titles

male Para athlete Amanolah Papi prepares to throw a javelin

World records tumble and China collect more gold

a female Para dance athlete shapes her arms

Home favourites highlight field at Kosice World Cup

Portrait photo of woman

Para table tennis player second Argentine to win this year

male powerlifter Jixiong Ye raises his arms in celebration

Rounding up all the action on day six of Asian Para Games

a group of Korean table tennis players standing with a United Korea flag

Member of unified table tennis team reflects on win

three female Chinese goalball players talking in front of the goal

Iran and Japan complete finals line-up at Asian Para Games

male sitting volleyball players from China and Kazakhstan volleying the ball over the net

World champions the favourites for sitting volleyball gold

A group of women in organge vests celebrate with a large trophy after winning the world title

Competitions to act as qualification tournament for Tokyo 2020

Group of people posing for a picture in front of a building

Training camp in Ethiopia gathers more than 80 participants, with 30 athletes also joining Proud Paralympian workshop

Man celebrating in a rowing boat

Dutch rower capped fantastic season with two world titles

male Para swimmers Daisuke Ejima and Ernie Gawilan on the podium raising their arms

Dead heat, podium sweeps and world records falls in night of drama

Woman in orange shirt playing table tennis

Pregnant Para table tennis player takes gold in front of home crowd

three male sprinters with Shunsuke Itani in the centre run down the 100m track

Split loyalties for Japan and China on the track