PARA ATHLETICS NEWS

There are plenty of exciting match-ups on the cards at the Olympic Stadium, including a showdown sure to excite the locals in the crowd.

Brazil’s teenage sensation gets the home crowds roaring on a sensational Sunday morning at Rio’s Olympic Stadium.

Algerian Abdellatif Baka wins a dramatic tussle in the men’s 1,500m T13 to clinch his first Paralympic title on eventful day at Olympic Stadium.

Ray Martin and Hannah Cockroft are among the stars lining up for battle on another day of keenly-fought competition on the track and in the field.

Ray Martin and Hannah Cockroft take centre stage, but the day’s biggest cheer could be at the judo for Brazil’s Antonio Tenorio.

Gracelino Tavares Barbosa captured bronze in the men’s 400m T20 at Rio 2016 and said he “had never imagined this would happen”.

Swimmer Kunwar Laxmi and track and field athlete Bikram Rana are Nepal’s two representatives at Latin America’s first Paralympic Games.

Seven gold medals were decided on Saturday (10 September) morning in a thrilling session of athletics action.

Four is not enough for the Spanish athlete who will compete in the men’s discus throw F11 at Rio Games.

Double glory at the Olympic Stadium as athletes claim country’s first ever Paralympic gold medals. Vanessa Low also breaks long-jump world record.

167,000 fans enjoy day of world-class sport as Paralympians say size and volume of support has lifted their performances to new levels.

French world champion claimed gold with 5.83m; Jason Smyth also secured his third successive 100m T13 title.

Star retains his Paralympic title as four new world records are set during an exhilarating evening of athletics action.

All eyes will be on the Olympic Stadium for what could be one of the most compelling days of athletics action at the 2016 Paralympics.

The world’s fastest Paralympians will battle it out at the Olympic Stadium, while the action also heats up in judo, shooting and powerlifting.

Soldiers Carlos Felipa and Jose Luis Casas, who lost their left legs in battle, are part of Peru’s team at the Paralympic Games.

Peruvian sprinter Yeny Vargas feels excited ahead of her first Paralympic Games this September.

It’s a busy start at the Olympic Stadium with some of the fastest Paralympians on the planet making their first appearances on the track.

Cuba’s five-time Paralympic champion is aiming for four more golds at her third Paralympics Games.

The Kenyan overtook Brazil’s Odair Santos in a thrilling last lap of the men’s 5,000m T11.