Grand Prix 2024: The action moves to Mexico 

As is the way, we can expect both the class of world-beating Para athletes accompanied by a group hoping to be amongst the next generation in the months leading to the World Championships and the Paralympic Games.

Twenty-six nations have confirmed their participation in Xalapa, comprising of a combined 495 athletes keen on putting up a brilliant show at the fourth Grand Prix of the season. And you can be certain that when it comes to the medals table, Mexico will be right up there. 

The hosts are coming in hot

The host nation has a dominant-looking cast of 342 athletes set to take to the track and field, with the good and great accompanied by the next wave of household names.

Standing out in the pack are some of the Tokyo 2020 gold medallists. 1500m T11 athlete Monica Olivia Rodriguez Saavedra and Jose Rosolfo Chessani Garcia (400m T38) will both compete on home soil.

Unsurprisingly, the hosts have a number of head and shoulders above any other nation. But there are also strong delegations competing from the likes of Ecuador (19), Chile (16) and Peru (13).

Elsewhere, in a German team with just two athletes in it, an icon rides again. Isabelle Foerder (T35) has been at the top of this sport for decades, having first competed at a Games all the way back in 1996. Medalling in Atlanta, Sydney and Athens, there’s always space for more success in her life. 

A thrilling series so far

Xalapa is the fourth stop on the Grand Prix series of 2024, and if it’s anything like what we have seen already, we are going to have some enthralling contests. 

Dubai, Tunis and Jesolo have all brought their fair share of drama, with the very biggest names delivering once again on the international stage. 

In Dubai, there were major triumphs for Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner, whilst the likes of Hannah Cockroft and Tatyana McFadden. Tunis was very much an area-dominated event, led by the hosts’ Raoua Tlili and Morocco’s Youssra Karim. And in Jesolo, a strong Italian team that included Monica Contrafatto staked big claims. Who will be next?

How can you follow?

As with all our Grand Prix competitions, you will be able to follow the action along from home. We will have live streams of each and every second in Xalapa available to view here. You can use the same link for the live results as they happen too!  

Also keep an eye across our World Para Athletics social media channels where we will bring you big moments and the pick of the day’s action. 

What will be next?

Xalapa is the penultimate stop on this stint of the Grand Prix events, with the action next turning to Marrakech. And Marrakech will be one final run out for many athletes, because from there will come the long-awaited Kobe 2024 World Para Athletics Championships.

In a few months which are destined to change the landscape of our sport, this is just the beginning.