Mexico City 2015 - News

In five days of Para powerlifting at La Chapelle Arena, China top the medal table, finishing first in six of the 20 events followed by Iran in second and Egypt in third; Mexico's Amalia Perez becomes the only Para powerlifter with seven Paralympic medals one at every Games since her debut at Sydney 2000

Brazilian Tayana Medeiros snatches women's up to 86kg gold from China Zheng Feifei in last seconds with a Games record; Nigeria's Folashade Oluwafemiayo clinches women's over 86kg gold with world record show, while Iranians Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Ahmad Aminzadeh win men's up to 107 and over 107kg finals on the final day at La Chapelle Arena

More than 40 world records tumbled in Para athletics alone at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Para powerlifter Oluwafemiayo breaks world record not once, but twice, to win women's over 86kg gold

The retired Great British athlete was invited to open Para powerlifting event with three 'Coups de Baton'

The final medals in Para athletics, powerlifting, canoe and wheelchair basketball will be awarded on Day 11 before Paris 2024 comes to an end with the Closing Ceremony

Iranians Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Aminzadeh Ahmad and Nigeria's Loveline Obiji and Folashade Oluwafemiayo among others to follow on Sunday at the La Chapelle Arena, day five of powerlifting programme at Paris 2024 Games

Jordan's Abdelkareem Khattab clinches second Paralympic gold with massive 270kg; China's Han Miaoyu made Paralympic debut with world record show in women's up to 79kg, Brazil's Mariana D'Andrea dedicates women's up to 73kg gold to father, while China's Yan Panpan wins men's up to 88kg final with Games records at La Chapelle Arena on penultimate day

Rayane Soares da Silva of Brazil smashes 29-year-old record on the track

Malaysia's Bonnie Bunyau Gustin improves own world record enroute to retaining Paralympic gold so does China's Tan Yujiao and Iran's Roohallah Rostami; Nigeria's Onyinyechi Mark win gold in debut Games; Mexico's Amalia Perez becomes most medalled athlete in Para powerlifting history with seven medals at La Chapelle Arena of day four

Para powerlifting star broke the world record twice in her Paralympic debut

The powerlifter says “Los Angeles is waiting for me” after missing out on Paralympic podium in France

Hunter Woodhall wins first Paralympic gold, finishing ahead of world record holder Johannes Floors in men's 400m T62

Jordanian star Abdelkareem Khattab, Brazil's Mariana D'Andrea and Nigeria's Bose Omolayo and others to follow on Saturday at the La Chapelle Arena, day four of powerlifting programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Paralympic legend Amalia Perez and the other stars to follow on Friday at the La Chapelle Arena, day three of the powerlifting programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Egyptian takes her elusive Paralympic gold at La Chapelle Arena after two consecutive silver medals, Venezuelan powerlifter put her country on the top of the podium for the first time in the sport, China’s Zou Yi and Egypt's Mohamed Elmenyawy take Games title in the men's events on Thursday

Japan's Yui Kamiji and Manami Tanaka become first Japanese women to win wheelchair tennis gold

Great Britain’s Olivia Broome and China's Jinping Xiao are favourite in women's up to 50kg while Rehab Ahmed of Egypt is the name to beat in the women's up to 55kg ; China’s Qi Yongkai will be the man to beat in men's up to 59kg even as China’s Zou Yi looks strong in men's up to 65kg event on day two

Noelle Malkamaki set a world record en route to winning the women's shot put F46 gold

China's Guo Lingling shatters world record twice on way to winning her first women's up to 45kg Paralympic gold even as Kazakhstan's David Degtyarev retains men's up to 54kg gold at the Porte de La Chapelle Arena on day one