PARA ATHLETICS NEWS

World Para Athletics express condolences on the passing of Rashid Masjedi
Iranian athlete was the Paris 2023 world champion and Asian Para Games gold medallist in the men's shot put F53

Kobe 2024: World Championships kick off to mark a year like no other
First edition of the Para Athletics Worlds in East Asia will see over 1,047 athletes from 100 nations competing from 17 to 25 May marking the first time the world's largest single Para sport event is held in the same year of the Paralympic Games

Kobe 2024: Every defending world champion in the women's events
Forty-six events will see athletes defending their crown at the Para Athletics World Championships from 17 to 25 May at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium

Kobe 2024: Every defending world champion in the men's events
A total of 64 male athletes will be aiming to top the podium for the second consecutive year, including plenty of Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champions returning to Japan

Para athletics stars heading to Kobe for 2024 World Championships
As many as 1073 athletes from 104 nations will in action at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium for the Worlds glory, just three months before the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Grand Prix 2024: Home stars steal show in Marrakech
Morocco athletes including Paralympic stars Derhem and Karim put up strong show as did Mexico's Rodolfo Chessani in the final Grand Prix before Kobe 2024 which was attended by IPC President Parsons

Grand Prix 2024: Magic to be made in Marrakech
Over 430 athletes including Paralympic stars like Rodolfo Chessani and several home stars to be in action in the final Grand Prix before Kobe 2024 Worlds

Grand Prix 2024: Host success and record moments in Xalapa
The latest Grand Prix saw a strong central and south American contingent's contest with Tokyo 2020 champions including Cuba’s Sol Cervantes smashing the world record in T47 long jump while Rosolfo Chessani impresses at home

Grand Prix 2024: The action moves to Mexico
Tokyo 2020 champions Rodriguez Saavedra and Chessani Garcia to lead a huge home contingent in a field of 495 athletes from 26 nations in Xalapa

Grand Prix 2024: Italian icons soar in Jesolo
Success for home stars Monica Contrafatto, teenage talent Filippi and an intriguing battle with javelin between two Indian greats steal show in third Grand Prix of season

Grand Prix 2024: Superstar Season heads to Jesolo
Home contingent and international stars meet at the third GP of the season in Italy and the first to take place in Europe this year

Grand Prix 2024: The greats deliver in Tunis
A new-look field produced three days of top-level action in the Tunisian capital, as the second Grand Prix of 2024 took centre stage in the Para athletics world with local star Raoua Tlili renewing her rivalry with Morocco's Youssra Karim and plenty of African Paralympic medallists adding more gold to their CVs

Paris 2024: Ones to Watch for Para athletics
The ten names you should be looking out for in Para athletics when the next Paralympics kick off in France this summer

Record-breaker Chentouf relives golden era
Morocco’s two-time Paralympic marathon champion reflects on his glittering career so far

Paris 2024: Martina Caironi’s words of wisdom
Italy’s Para athletics icon talks medals, memories and milestones ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Paris 2024: Sleep, smiles and ice cream: A day in the life of Omara Durand
Cuba’s sprinting legend blends laughter and seriousness in her Paris 2024 preparation

Grand Prix 2024: Step two, to Tunis!
All you need to know about the second stop of the 2024 World Para Athletics GP season with 353 athletes in action at the three-day event in the Tunisian capital

Introduction to Para athletics
Get to know the biggest sport on the Paralympic Games programme

Tokyo Marathon 2024: Schaer and Suzuki triumph
Swiss wheelchair racer picks her fourth victory in the Japanese capital while local star finally takes the win after finishing second in four occasions

Luca Ekler and Markus Rehm up for 2024 Laureus Sport Awards
Hungarian sprinter and German long jumper have been nominated for the prestigious World Sportsperson of the Year with a Disability Award alongside Para swimmers Danylo Chufarov and Simone Barlaam, wheelchair tennis player Diede de Groot and Para cyclist Nicole Murray