PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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