From thrilling performances to first international glory and historic feats, the first ever World Para Powerlifting Championships in Egypt and Africa were packed with 10 days of memorable moments

Elsa Matthee, Prof. Datuk Dr Rokiah Omar, the Frame Running Research Team, Dušana Augustovičová PhD and Dr. Jürgen Schwittai each received this year’s Classification Recognition Award for their significant contribution to classification within the Paralympic Movement.

Follow the journey of Italy’s Para alpine skiing star Giacomo Bertagnolli, from the snowy slopes of home to the heights of the Paralympic podium

International Federations with sports on the Paralympic Winter Games programme provide update on participation of athletes from Russia and Belarus

A collaboration between the Organising Committee and Triennale Milano that celebrates the identity of this edition of the Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games through the power of art.

Nine cities across four continents will host the 13th edition of the Grand Prix series from February to September 2026

Athletes from 16 nations to compete for medals and valuable ranking points in the final competition of the World Series calendar as Peruvian capital welcomes competition for the first time ever in the same stage that hosted Pan-American and Parapan-American Games in 2019

Australian two-time Paralympian Bridie Kean shares how watching the Sydney 2000 Paralympic Games from the stands opened the door to new opportunities through Para sport

China win men’s and mixed team finals and top medal standings with eight golds followed by Nigeria (3) and Iran (2). Hosts Egypt also win two gold to finish in fourth place. Brazil take gold in women's team final.  

Reigning Paralympic champion Ahmad Aminzadeh lifts 260 kg for men's over 107 kg gold medal and ensures that the legacy of late legend Siamand Rahman lives on in super heavyweight category; Chaina Zheng Feifei retains her world title beating Paris 2024 champion Tayana Madeiros of Brazil on final day of individual competitionz at the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

For the first time, WPPO will stage World Championships in three consecutive years; Bahrain 2026 will mark the 12th edition of the event and the eighth to be held in Asia

Iran’s Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Nigeria's Folashad Oluwafemiayo improve their own record to win world titles; two-time Paralympic champion Abdelkareem Khattab clinch his third world title at the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

• EBU Members to deliver broad free-to-air coverage across all of continental Europe (with the exception of Italy and the United Kingdom) • Warner Bros. Discovery to broadcast daily highlights from the event across Europe. • EBU’s most comprehensive digital coverage of the Paralympic Winter Games to date

The Paris 2024 gold medallist wins first Worlds title at home, in a new weight category - women’s up to 61kg category- after recovering from a chest injury; China's Cui Jianjin breaks world record twice before clinching her first international gold Turkiye’s Abdullah Kayapinar dethrones two-time Paralympic and world champion Omar Qarada for his first World Championship gold on Day five of Elite competitions in Cairo

China's two-time Paralympic champion Lingling improves her own world record of 124 kg by one kilogram for first world record in Cairo and her fifth title; her compatriot Cui Zhe clinches fifth world title too with women’s up to 41kg gold while Kazakhstan’s Paris 2024 champion David Degtyarev extends dominance in men’s up to 54 kg on the fourth day of the Elite competitions at the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

Multiple-time Paralympic champion Tan Yujiao wins her first world title in a new weight category - women's up to 73 kg; Malaysia's Paralympic champion and world record holder Bonnie Bunyau Gustin conquers again in men's up to 72 kg; China's newcomer Zhou Shiwei strikes world title at international debut on the third day of Elite competitions at the Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

Relocation from Melbourne will provide Australian and international Para swimmers the chance to experience outdoor conditions as they prepare for the 2028 Paralympic Games in Los Angeles 

Paris 2024 champion Mohamed Elmenyawy wins his first World Championships title at home; reigning Paralympic champion Yan Panpan of China beats Iran's Roohallah Rostami in a close contest for men's up to 88 kg gold; Rio 2016 silver medallist Esther Oyema of Nigeria clinches her first World Championships in 11 years on the second day of the Elite competitions at Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

Nigeria’s Rita Ferdinard makes dream debut clinching the women’s up to 79 kg gold while Paris 2024 Paralympic medallists Clara Fuentes Monasterio of Venezuela and China's Xiaofei Gu grab world titles on opening day of Elite competitions at Cairo 2025 World Para Powerlifting Championships

Atiyehsadat Hosseini makes history winning Iran’s first-ever women’s gold in World Para Powerlifting Championships, triumphing in women’s up to 61kg category even as Uzbekistan led the Rookie & Next Gen World Championships medals standings with 13 gold followed by Armenia and I.R. Iran with four top places. Hosts Egypt finish the junior events on three gold medals.