Healthy and Fit for Optimal Performance
4-7 September

PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Odair Santos

Read what medallists had to say about their performances on day four at the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships.

Danelle Umstead

Some visually impaired skiers use members of their family as guides, but how does it work in practice to have someone so close hurtling down the slopes with you?

Infographic T43/44 races 1996-2012

Whitehead, Oliveira, Leeper, Peacock and Browne all contenders to break records on 'Terrific Tuesday'

Nik Goncin

The IWBF Under-23 Wheelchair Basketball World Championships will take place in September in Adana, Turkey.

A picture of a woman in the wheelchair on a track celebrating with her hand up

The American T54 wheelchair racer is targeting six world titles at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Paul Blake winning the 800m T36

British T36 sprinter Paul Blake shined at the IPC Athletics World Championships, taking gold across 800m.

Norway sonar sailing team

In just a little over one month Norway’s Aleksander Wang-Hansenk will try to lead his sonar crew to a world title.

Men's 200m T43 rivalry infographic - Oliveira and Leeper

London 2012 bronze medallist Leeper excited to face Paralympic champion Oliveira

Andrey Vdovin

Read what the top athletes had to say on the third day of competition at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Richard Browne of the United States looks on after the Men's 100m T44 heats on day 7 of the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Paralympic silver medallist Richard Brown smashed rival Jonnie Peacock's world record in the semi-final at the IPC Athletics World Championships.

Joachim Gerard

The world No. 6 from Belgium took the men’s singles title from France’s world No. 2 Stephane Houdet.

France's Mandy Francois-Elie running the 200m and breaking the world record

Paralympic champion Johanna Benson faces stiff challenge from France's Many Francois-Elie in 200m T37.

Blake Leeper

Former world record holder nearly won gold at 2011 Worlds

Odair Santos

A round-up of the action from the first morning session at the IPC Athletics Worlds

Alan Fonteles Oliveira winning the 200m T43 in Lyon

World records smashed on day 2 by Fonteles Oliveira and Wallace.

Alan Fonteles Oliveira winning the 200m T43 in Lyon

Oliveira and Wallace both smash world records in 200m T43 and T44 finals

Sabine Ellerbrock

Germany's Sabine Ellerbrock defeated the Netherlands' Aniek van Koot and South Africa's Lucas Sithole slipped past the USA's David Wagner for British Open titles.

Marcel Hug

A full round-up of the action from the first day of the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships

Tatyana McFadden

A round-up of the action from the 2013 IPC Athletics World Championships