PARA ATHLETICS NEWS
Refugee athlete and guide united in Paralympic gold quest
Vision-impaired sprinter Guillaume Junior Atangana will carry the flag for the Refugee Paralympic Team with high hopes at the Paris 2024 Paralympics
Raoua Tlili on shining the torch for Tunisia
Tunisia’s six-time Paralympic champion Raoua Tlili wants to share a special message to women in her country when she competes in her fifth Games
Paris 2024: Meet the Woodhalls, the Olympic-Paralympic power couple
After Tara Davis-Woodhall won the women’s long jump event at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, she immediately ran to her husband and Paralympian Hunter Woodhall to celebrate the special moment together. Get to know more about the couple ahead of the Paralympic Games
Jason Smyth shares excitement for Paris 2024
The six-time Paralympic champion reflects on his career and shares what it takes to top the podium at the Games
Paris 2024 venue guide: Stade de France
Built for the 1998 Football World Cup, the multi-purpose arena was renovated and received a purple track for the Olympic and Paralympic Games
WPA pays tribute to Mohammed Baqer Almusa’s legacy
Baqer Almusa was directly involved in the promotion and growth of frame running as a tool to empower persons with disabilities, particularly high-support need athletes
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team member Donard Nyamjua
Donard Nyamjua is a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Guillaume Junior Atangana
Guillaume Junior Atangana will compete in Para athletics as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
Q&A with Refugee Paralympic Team athlete Salman Abbariki
Salman Abbariki will compete in Para athletics as a member of the largest-ever Refugee Paralympic Team
Grand Prix series comes to an end with huge results in Paris
Top stars including Jong, Debrunner, Haddaoui and Bayekula impress with world records in the final meet before Paralympics
Paralympic champion Stephen Miller announces retirement
Three-time Paralympic gold medallist looks back at three decades in Para athletics and the work of SMILE Through Sport, an organisation founded by him dedicated to ensuring persons with disabilities the opportunities to take part in sports
Grand Prix 2024: Athletes get ready for final meet in Paris ahead of Paralympics
A total of 389 athletes from over 50 nations line up in the pre-Paralympic event, with some of the biggest stars in Para Athletics from Great Britain, USA, Morocco and Switzerland to be in action at Charlety Stadium
Grand Prix 2024: Familiar starring role for Debrunner, Alkemade impresses in Nottwil
Swiss wheelchair racer sets new world record in the women's 1500m T53/54* while Dutch blade runner mashes a five-year old world mark in the women's 100m T64 in the penultimate GP before the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games; USA's Scaroni also sets a new world record* in Switzerland in the women's 5000m T54
Grand Prix 2024: Focus back on Nottwil after the wonder of Kobe
A total of 340 athletes from 54 NPCs including several legends and new champions from Kobe 2024 Worlds will be in action in Nottwil, Switzerland, this week
Kobe 2024: Top Moments
From young fans creating an amazing atmosphere at the Kobe Universiade Memorial Stadium to countries topping the podium for the first time and Para athletics legends adding more glory to their collections it is time to look back at nine day unforgettable days in Japan
Kobe 2024: China lead super Saturday with three world records to finish on top
Wen Xiaoyan breaks second world record in five days, this time in the women's 200m T37, while Liu Cuiqing sets a new mark for the women's 200m T11 and Sun Pengxiang in the men's javelin F41; Colombia, South Africa, the Netherlands and Tunisia also claim golds with new records in the last day of the Para Athletics World Championships
Kobe 2024: Hat-trick of golds for Uzbekistan, 16th world title for Cockroft
Nurkhon Kurbanova's world record, Safiya Burkhanova and Asila Mirayorova put Asian nation on the top of the podium in women's events on Friday, British wheelchair racer follows 800m T34 victory with silver medal in the universal relay as China take the title
Kobe 2024 stars join Diamond League's Prefontaine Classic
Costa Rica's Sherman Guity, Hungary's Luca Ekler and other five athletes who competed at the Para Athletics World Championships in Japan take part in the traditional meeting in Eugene, United States on Saturday
Kobe 2024: Aitchison, Athmani lead record-breaking Thursday
New Zealand's sprinter smashes 200m T36 world mark while Algeria set two new world records with another triumph for Skander Djamil Athmani (men's 100m T13) and Safia Djelal's women’s shot put F57 gold; Turkey’s Serkan Yildirim becomes the world's fastest man in the 400m T12 in a day that saw Dominican Republic's first-ever gold and victories for Tokyo 2020 Paralympic champions Vanessa Low and Daniel Pembroke
Kobe 2024: Rehm extends his reign, Alphonse makes history for Mauritius
German blade jumper Markus Rehm takes his seventh world title and sees 'big jumps coming' ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympics as Noemi Alphonse's 100m T54 victory puts her country on the top of the podium for the first time ever; Morocco's Youssra Karim finally turns silver into gold in the women’s discus throw F41 while Brazil reaches most successful Para Athletics World Championships campaign and Saudi Arabia grab first gold medal in Japan