PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Seven names to follow at this year’s World Para Powerlifting Championships in Egypt, the first edition to take place in Africa

The first-ever World Para Powerlifting Championships held in Africa will open with a record-breaking Rookie & Next Gen event on 9 October

Dr Peers will discuss "Empowering Paralympic Movements: from aspiration to impact" at VISTA 2025, the IPC’s scientific conference

Click below for the daily medallists of the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Para athletes from Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, Croatia, Ecuador, Germany, Great Britain, Iran, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Portugal, South Africa, the Netherlands and the USA top the podium in the last day of the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

200m T11 win makes Brazilian sprinter her country's most successful athlete in World Championships, as Ecuador's Kiara Rodriguez claims third gold with a new world record, China bags four golds on final day, and hosts India celebrate their best-ever Worlds

The three-time Paralympic champion wins her third gold in New Delhi, competing alongside Zara Temmink, Stijn van Bergen and Lito Anker in universal 4x100m relay final; Great Britain’s Hannah Cockroft wins women’s 800m T34 final with a new championship record; Spain’s Alba Garcia Falagan claims women’s long jump T11 gold medal with a season’s best jump; Ecuador’s Kiara Rodriguez clinches fourth consecutive long jump world title winning women’s T47 final on day eight of the IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Belgium, Canada, Iran, Ukraine, United States and Uzbekistan win gold medals on day eight; Brazil still hold onto their lead in the overall medal standings with 12 golds

The German legend wins men’s long jump T64 final with a jump of 8.43 and extended his decade-long championships record by 3 cm; Dutch Fleur Jong claims second gold medal in New Delhi; Catherine Debrunner completes a clean sweep of five gold medals in five events; New Zealand’s Danielle Aitchison breaks the world record in women’s 200m T36 so does Ecuador’s Kiara Rodriguez in women’s 100m T47 and India's Nishad Kumar claims maiden world title at home on the seventh day of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Germany, Iran, Thailand and the hosts India win two gold medals each on the seventh day of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships