PARA ATHLETICS NEWS
Hug stages training camp in Switzerland
The Swiss world champion passed on his knowledge and experience to a group of enthusiastic wheelchair racers.
#WorkoutWednesday: Kenny van Weeghel
The Dutch wheelchair racer gives an insight into his training regime.
Setbacks not thwarting McKillop’s ‘triple-double’ hopes at Doha 2015
Injury after injury – after injury, the Irishman is now more eager to win golds at the World Championships in October.
Superhero Sunday: Jarryd Wallace
After breaking the 100m T44 world record at Toronto 2015, the USA’s Jarryd Wallace shares with us his three heroes.
#WorkoutWednesday: Cuba’s Yunidis Castillo
The Cuban sprinter has won multiple Paralympic, world and Parapan titles and is now gearing up to defend her world titles in Doha, Qatar.
#SuperheroSunday: Great Britain’s Maria Lyle
The British teenager has been a sensation since making her international debut last year and reveals her three heroes.
Hat-trick of titles and world record for Durand at Toronto 2015
The Cuban T12 sprinter won her third gold by breaking the 200m world record she had set just 24 hours earlier.
Three world records fall on fourth day of Toronto 2015 athletics action.
Omara Durand smashed the 200m record, Akeem Stewart set a new discus mark to win Trinidad & Tobago’s first ever Parapan gold and Dion Townsend-Roberts added 5cm to his high jump best.
Toronto 2015: Preview of the final day of athletics
Cuba’s Omara Durand looks to wrap up her historic week in the Parapan American Games on Friday.
Espinosa hopes Parapan debut leads to Rio 2016
The Virgin Islands made their Parapan debut at Toronto 2015 with Ivan Espinosa competing in the 1,500m.
Toronto 2015: Preview of Thursday’s athletics action
Day four will be highlighted by USA’s Brown and Brazil’s Prado battle for the 200m T11 title.
Wallace breaks 100m T44 world record at Toronto 2015
The US sprinter retained his Parapan title with a time of 10.71 seconds.
Canada and Brazil steal the show at TO2015 athletics
The 2015 Parapan Am and the 2016 Paralympics hosts showed their dominance on the third day of athletics.
Durand makes history at Toronto 2015
Cuba's Omara Durand ran 11.65 seconds in the 100m T12 heats to become the world's fastest female para-athlete.
Siamand Rahman named July’s Allianz Athlete of the Month
The Iranian’s record-breaking lift helped him win this month’s award by a landslide.
Toronto 2015: Preview of Tuesday’s athletics action
Many of the world’s fastest para-athletes will be action on the track on Tuesday at the Parapan American Games.
Charlotte to host 2016 US Paralympic Team Trials
USA’s cycling, swimming and athletics teams for Rio 2016 will all be determined during that three-day event.
Toronto 2015: Day three preview
“Medal Monday” will see gold medals awarded in 64 different events, more than any other day of the Parapan American Games.
The Paralympic Usain Bolt gets ready for Toronto 2015
Jamaica’s Tevaughn Thomas hopes to emulate his hero by winning Parapan 100m gold on Monday.
Colombian husband and wife combo aim for TO2015 athletics success
Joe Gonzalez Betancur and Yesenia Restrepo Muñoz married nine years ago, and at Toronto 2015 will represent Colombia together in track and field.