Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ihar Boki competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

This year’s edition is the third time the Americas have hosted the Championships.

Mexico City

What you need to know about next month’s Para Sport Festival

The official mascot of Mexico City 2017

Vote opens on social media and official website to mark 50 days to go until Para Sport Festival.

A man poses with the Olympic and Paralympic logos for PyeongChang 2018

Korean football icon to promote next year’s Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games

Four male medal winners on a podium

Nation ends 2017 European Championships with six golds.

a wheelchair tennis player hits a shot

Rio 2016 Paralympic champion not afraid of the sport's strength in depth.

A female trainer coaches blind players in Vienna, Austria.

UEFA-funded project helps game reach new heights over past five years

Lisa Gjessing - Taekwondo

Addition of 4-point technique aims to “dazzle and excite.”

a group of fans cheer and wave flags

Country receives equipment to help grow the winter sport

five para athletes compete in track and field sports

Vote now to decide who was the best athlete in the Americas in July

sit skier in action on a slope

Japan’s Alpine skier hoping to maintain performance in Paralympic year after topping World Cup standings

Brazil's Petrucio Ferreira on his way to smashing the 200m T47 world record at London 2017.

Brazilian sprinter had a record-breaking London 2017.

four people in suits speaking

Four video interviews filmed ahead of September's Governing Board elections

a para equestrian rider pats her horse in the stables

Dutch rider aims to reclaim her European title with new horse and new groove.

a wheelchair tennis player hits the ball

Loughborough to host tournament after three years in London.

para athletes winning their events

First World Para Athletics Junior Championships made lasting memories.

Man in wheelchair celebrates

Paralympic champion leads medal winners at biggest competition of 2017 so far.

a wheelchair tennis player raises his arms in celebration

More glory for Fernandez, Kamiji and Wagner in 2017 Super Series

wheelchair rugby players battle for the ball

City of Grosswallstadt named as venue for 2017 Division C Championship

A group of blind football players celebrate a win

All European Championship games available online in both English and German