PARA ATHLETICS NEWS

An athlete in action in high jump

Paris 2024: Frech soars to second gold at Stade de France

Promising USA star Ezra Frech won men's high jump T63 final with new Paralympic record, while fellow sprinter Jaydin Blackwell got his second Paralympic gold with another world record show in men's 400m T38 and 42-year-old Brazilian Jerusa Geber dos Santos added her first gold in Stade de France on day five

James Turner poses for a photo in front of the board that shows he broke the world record.

Big moments on Day 6

Para athletics star James Turner smashes world record on way to gold in the men's 400m T36

Athletes competing on the track

Paris 2024: Durand stamps dominance with fourth successive gold

Cuban legend Omara Durand (women's 400m T12) wins her ninth Paralympic gold while Australia's James Turner (men's 400m T36) and Brazil's Yeltsin Jacques (men's 1500m - T11) defend their Tokyo 2020 title with world record shows at the Stade de France Tuesday morning

An athlete celebrate after winning the race

Paris 2024: Rattana dethrones Ktila as new Paralympic champion

Thailand's Chaiwat Rattana shocks Tunisian legend Walid Ktila for first Paralympic gold in men's 100 T34, new world records for Ethiopia's Yayesh Gate Tesfaw in women’s 1500m T11 and Brazil's Elizabeth Rodrigues Gomes in women's shot put F53 even as Gloria Zarza Guadarrama win Mexico's first ever gold medal in Paris 2024 at Stade de France

An athlete celebrate after winning

Paris 2024: Guity wins battle of blade runners at Stade de France

Costa Rica's Sherman Isidro Guity wins men’s 100m T64 finals with Paralympic Games record while USA's Ezra Frech pulls off a surprise in the men’s 100m T63. India's Sumit Antil defends men's javelin throw F64 gold with two Paralympic records at Stade de France

A female athlete posing to a photo next to a screen with her world record

Paris 2024: Fortune wins first Paralympic gold in style on Sunday

British thrower improves her own shot put F20 world record to give her country the second Sunday gold, alongside Hannah Cockroft's fourth consecutive 100m T34 title; refugee Para athlete Guillaume Atangana makes history with bronze medal in a romantic evening session that ended with a marriage proposal

An outdoor blind football stadium, with the Eiffel Tower in the background

Blind football kicks off on Day 4

Blind football athletes will launch their campaigns at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, while boccia will hand out its first medals

Two athletes play table tennis on the same team, a man looks at the ball and prepares to hit it, a woman braces herself to prepare for the next play

Top medal highlights from Day 3

Chinese Para table tennis athletes Mao Jingdian and Zhao Shuai became first-ever Paralympic mixed doubles gold medallists

A female wheelchair racer leading the pack ahead of three competitors

Paris 2024: Catherine Debrunner flies to gold and Paralympic record

Swiss wheelchair racer dethrones Tokyo 2020 champion Susannah Scaroni of USA to take gold in the women’s 5000m T54 final in a morning session with the first medal to hosts France, a world record to China's Zhao Yuping and Dutch long jumper Fleur Jong defending her Paralympic title

Sareh Javanmardi takes aim in a shooting Para sport competition

Who's going for gold on Day 3 in Paris?

From established stars like shooting Para sport's Sareh Javanmardi to new faces like Para taekowondo's Matt Bush, Day 3 is promising a whole host of podium opportunities in Paris