PARA ATHLETICS NEWS
Paralympians win gold at the inaugural AIS Sports Performance Awards
Kurt Fearnley and the Australian wheelchair rugby team amongst the high profile winners.
Workout Wednesday with Sophie Hahn
Great Britain’s teenage sprint sensation gives an insight into her training regime as part of a new IPC Athletics series
USA announces 2015 IPC Athletics Marathon World Championships team
Tatyana McFadden and Ray Martin headline US marathon team for 2015 World Championships.
O’Hanlon aims to write his name into history
Australia’s multiple-world and Paralympic champion wants to set a 100m world record that can never be beaten.
February 2015: What to watch in para-sport
Winter sports dominate a busy month of sport in February, but the para-athletics season will also get underway in Dubai, UAE.
Irish Paralympic medallist O’Neill retires
Ireland Catherine O’Neill who competed in three Paralympic Games has called time on her successful career.
Cockroft describes “absolute killer” 800m training regime
British Paralympic and world champion is enjoying the challenge of tackling a new distance.
Marieke Vervoort awarded the National Trophy Victor Boin 2014
Belgian wheelchair racer made a comeback from serious injury in 2014 and set multiple world records in the T52 class.
Great Britain team named for IPC Athletics Marathon Worlds
Team of six athletes features six-time Paralympic champion David Weir
IPC Athletics reveals Ones to Watch list for 2015 season
Between them the 45 athletes from 19 different countries have won 69 Paralympic gold medals, 124 world titles and currently hold 64 world records.
US Paralympics name 2015 track & field national team
With World Championships in Doha, Qatar, and London, Great Britain, US Paralympics has named a roster featuring 42 athletes.
Jade Jones joins line up of star athletes for Sports Fest North East
Sports Fest will take place at Durham University, Great Britain on Thursday 5 March.
Win and forget, lose and forget
The European champion and World Championships bronze medallist talks about her move to the USA and what challenges she has faced in the past year.
Serna targets Toronto 2015 and Rio 2016 success after illness
Colombian athlete was laid low for much of 2014 but is now fully recovered and keen to impress
Libby Clegg expects tough year in 2015
British visually impaired sprinter targets PBs and podium finishes.
Ten para-athletics questions we hope will be answered in 2015
With the New Year now upon us, we look at 10 questions relating to the forthcoming para-athletics season that we all want answering!
No. 8 Rehm smashes long jump world record
German T44 long jumper Markus Rehm beat able-bodied athletes to become German national champion and set a new para-athletics world record.
Hannah Cockcroft aiming for triple world gold in 2015
British wheelchair racing ace is hoping to win the 100m, 200m and 800m T34 at October’s World Championships in Doha, Qatar.
Richard Browne named USATF Para-Athlete of the Year
London 2012 silver medallist picked up the award after a tremendous 2014 which saw him go undefeated and set a new 200m T44 world record.
Terezinha Guilhermina and Leomon Moreno voted Athletes of the Year in Brazil
The 2014 best female and male athletes were selected by the Brazilian public through an online vote.