PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Para swimmer Didier shines in the City of Light
Chants of “Ugo, Ugo” fill the arena every time the French youngster takes to the pool at his home Paralympics
Australia’s First Nations athletes make their mobs proud
Four Aboriginal Australian athletes are going for glory at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Heggelund no stranger to cycling in France
Years after an epic 1000 kilometre tandem bike adventure from Denmark to France, Martin Heggelund will don the red and white in Paris

Para cycling moves from track to road on Day 7
Sarah Storey and Oksana Masters headline the Para cycling road competition, with four golds up for grabs in Para powerlifting and the first Paris 2024 wheelchair tennis champions to be decided on Day 7

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

Paris 2024: Raimondi takes third gold on day of clean sweeps for China
Italian thanks support of partner and teammate Giulia Terzi after his win in the men's 100m butterfly S10; La Defense Arena sees two triple podium from Chinese swimmers in the men's and women's 50m backstroke S5 at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Top medal highlights from Day 6
Ihar Boki went five for five in Paris, winning his 21st Paralympic swimming gold on Day 6

Big moments on Day 6
Para athletics star James Turner smashes world record on way to gold in the men's 400m T36

Storey and Masters reflect on Paralympic honour and legacy
With the Para cycling road competition set to begin on 4 September, Sarah Storey and Oksana Masters discuss the meaning and importance of the Paralympic Games

Paris 2024: Jinho Park wins second gold in record-breaking style
South Korean adds R7 - men’s 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 victory to his impressive tally while Germany's Natascha Hiltrop beats Veronika Vadovicova with final shot to take women's 50m rifle 3 positions SH1 title

Parsons: Games setting new benchmarks
IPC President Andrew Parsons says Paris 2024 Paralympics will go down in history

Partyka eyes fifth Para table tennis singles title
Para table tennis icon Natalia Partyka is one win away from her seventh Paralympic gold medal

Para equestrian medallists wrangling toddlers and horses
New mothers Natasha Baker of Great Britain and Denmark’s Katrine Kristensen claim podium finishes at Versailles

Powerlifting superstars from Africa and Asia set to lead the way
Para powerlifting action will take place from 4-8 September at La Chapelle Arena

Paris 2024: The ones to watch on day one!
Jordan's Omar Qarada and Vietnam's Le Van Cong to battle for gold in the opening event of the Para powerlifting programme at Paris 2024, China’s Cui Zhe and Guo Lingling will be keen to return to the top of the podium, while David Degtyarev will be defending his title in the final event of the day at La Chapelle Arena

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

Nigeria’s Mariam Eniola Bolaji makes her mark
Para badminton star becomes first African to medal in the sport at either Olympics or Paralympics

Twin joy as Borges Carneiro family celebrate
Sisters Debora and Beatriz secured silver and bronze in the pool to spark a Brazilian party at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Kiribati make Paralympic debut
Vision impaired shot putter Ongiou Timeon makes tiny Kiribati proud in the nation’s first Paralympic foray

Molina’s Para triathlon gold worth 20-year wait
Spaniard claims Paralympic triathlon title two decades after competing in Para swimming at the Athens 2004 Games