PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

India's Sheetal Devi, China's Wu Chunyan and Republic of Korea's Kim Ok Geum were among the biggest stars at the Para archery World Championships in Gwangju, Korea

Professor Mike McNamee will deliver a keynote titled “Towards a Philosophy of Paralympism” at VISTA 2025, the IPC’s scientific conference

The Swiss legend led from start to finish to beat defending world champion Zhou Zhaoqian; Italy’s Ambra Sabatini shrugs off Paris 2024 misfortune with women’s 100m T63 gold medal; Fourth straight titles for Brazil’s Jerusa Geber and Hungary’s Luca Ekler and USA’s Jaydin Blackwell and Oleksandr Yarovyi of Ukraine set new world records on day five of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Brazil retain lead in the overall medal table with eight golds followed by China on seven and Poland taking six golds

The Nigerian powerlifting great returns to the global stage, chasing history in the women’s over 86kg after her record-breaking triumph in Paris

Brazil claim three gold medals and took the lead in the overall medal table followed by Poland and China; India breaks into top five after fourth day's action in New Delhi

The Cameroon-born runner and guide Donard Ndim Nyamjua win men’s 400m T11 gold medal and dedicate it to family and all refugees around the world; Felix Streng and Johannes Floors secure one-two finish for Germany in men’s 100m T64; Sumit Antil claims men’s javelin throw F64 gold in front of India's Olympic champion Neeraj Chopra and Australia's Vanessa Low wins fourth women’s long jump T63 gold medal in day four's action at IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships

Australia win first gold of the championships, Thailand secure two gold medals even as India and Colombia pull off one-two finishes on Monday

Great Britain’s Paralympic champion smashes the world record en route to defending her women’s shot put F20 gold medal; James Turner wins Australia’s first gold medal in men’s 400m T63; 16-year-old debutant Angie Nicoll Mejia Morales surprises in women’s 100m T38 final; Thailand secure two gold through their stars Pongsakorn Paeyo and Chaiwat Rattana and hosts India dominate in men’s javelin throw F46 final on day two of action in New Delhi

The 27-year-old from Cusco, Peru, wins the women’s 1500m T11 final in style; Swiss wheelchair racing giants Marcel Hug and Catherine Debrunner retain 5000m T54 titles; Norway’s Salum Ageze Kashafali sets a world record en route to winning men’s 100m T12 gold even as Brazil (3), China (3) and Ukraine (2) take the top three spots in medal standings on day two of IndianOil New Delhi 2025 World Para Athletics Championships