PARA ATHLETICS NEWS

A female wheelchair racer crossing the finish line of the Paris 2024 marathon

Paris 2024: Debrunner wins marathon to take fifth gold of the Games

Swiss wheelchair racer becomes most successful Para athletics athlete of this year's Paralympics, Hug adds more gold to Switzerland in the men's marathon T54 as Morocco's Fatima El Idrissi sets new world record and Tunisia's Wajdi Boukhili beats three-time champion Chentouf, respectively in the women's and men's T12

Athletes celebrate their medal

Paris 2024: Fitting farewell for Durand, Caironi on dramatic evening

Cuba's Omara Durand made it golden treble winning women's 200m T11 finals, while Martina Caironi won her first gold since Rio 2016 - clinching women's 100m T63 final after Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champion Ambra Sabatini fell colliding with Monica Graziana Contrafatto who was subsequently awarded joint bronze medal at Stade de France on day nine

A man and a woman kissing in a stadium

Paris 2024: Hunter Woodhall claims first gold medal at Paralympic Games

USA sprinter triumphs in the men's 400m T62 and celebrates with wife Tara Davis-Woodhall who won Olympic long jump gold in the same Stade de France few weeks ago; China breaks the 4x100m universal relay world record en route to gold with Woodhall helping USA take bronze in the event

A man with running blades wearing a Team USA uniform holds up an American flag and smiles inside a full stadium

Top medal moments on Day 9

Hunter Woodhall wins first Paralympic gold, finishing ahead of world record holder Johannes Floors in men's 400m T62

A long jumper in action

Paris 2024: Low retains Paralympic title in record breaking style

Australia's Vanessa Low wins second Paralympic title in row with a new world record in the women's long jump T61 much like Greece's Ghavelas Athanasios who defends his Paralympic gold in men's 100m T11; Swiss star Catherine Debrunner won her fourth gold medal with a Games record time in women's 400m - T53 final while Wen Xiaoyan gets golden treble at the Stade de France on day seven of competitions