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Four female Para athletes running in a track

Head-to-heads take centre stage in Germany

A man with a shirt a long-sleeved red shirt written Norway seated on the sidewalk

The incredible journey of Salum Kashafali

Costa Rican sprinter Sherman Guity standing on the track

Sherman Guity named Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’

Para athlete Mohamed Karifa Sylla practices javelin throw

Agitos Foundation sends its condolences to family of Mohamed Karifa Sylla

Toru Suzuki set a new T64 world record in the men’s high jump competition in Grosseto

Three world records round off Grosseto Grand Prix

A woman with a prosthetic leg jumping

Caironi reaches new lengths in Grosseto

male Para athlete Lorenzo Marcantognini celebrates waving on the podium

Glorious Grosseto sees world records tumble

male vision impaired sprinter Jason Smyth runs towards the finish line

No slowing down for Jason Smyth

Assunta Legnante

Vision impaired stars line up for Grosseto GP

Brent Lakatos of Canada crosses the line to win in the Mens 100m T53 final at the London 2017 Para Athletics Championships.

A weekend of Para athletics world records

Collage made up of five photos of Allysa Seely, Anssell Miranda Martinez, Carolina Munevar, Herbert Aceituno and Sherman Guity

Vote for May’s Americas ‘Athlete of the Month’

Wooden clubs for throwing events at Tokyo 2020 will be created by a public school students

Students to produce wooden clubs for Tokyo 2020

Life lessons leave their mark on Young

Spaniard long jumper Sara Andres in the air after her jump

Sara Andres leaps to world record at L’Hospitalet

Daniel Romanchuk and Marcel Hug side by side on the track trying to be first

Romanchuk and Lakatos re-write record books

Akeem Stewart about to throw the shot while wearing a Trinidad & Tobago shirt

International stars light up field in Arizona

Vanessa Low in the air after making her jump

New lengths for Low in Nottwil

A man with a prosthetic leg competing in long jump

World’s best set to line up at L’Hospitalet meeting

German female sprinter leads ahead of three other runners

Super seven in Nottwil

Four male vision impaired runners and thir guides racing on a track

World champions excel in Arizona

Photos of Lyon 2013