PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Athletes answer your biggest questions about the Paralympics
What is a Paralympian and what does Paralympics mean? Athletes answer your biggest questions about the Games ahead of Paris 2024.

Paris 2024 venue guide: Chateauroux Shooting Centre
Inaugurated in 2018, the shooting range, the Chateauroux Shooting Centre hosted the World Shooting Para Sport World Cup that same year and will crown 13 Paralympic champions at the Paris Games

Paris 2024: Find out who is competing at this year's Paralympics
Here you can find the complete list of athletes who will be in action in the French capital where Para powerlifting will celebrate 40 years since the sport was introduced to the Paralympic medal programme

Italy’s sitting volleyball star Cirelli ready to defy odds at Paris 2024
Italian sitting volleyball player Sara Cirelli is preparing for her second Games

“Be ready to impress Paris”, two-time Paralympian Vanhove tells athletes
Tom Vanhove, who competed in goalball at London 2012 and Tokyo 2020, offers advice to athletes competing at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Tokyo to celebrate third anniversary of Paralympics with exciting events
Events and exhibitions showcasing Para sport are held in Tokyo to mark the three-year anniversary of the Paralympic Games

Esther Vergeer on what it takes to win Paralympic gold
Ahead of the Paris 2024 Paralympics, seven-time wheelchair tennis champion Esther Vergeer reflects on her stunning career and shares the key to her success

@Paralympics TikTok breaks the 4 million follower barrier
The account has generated more than 1.8 billion video views in four years

Jason Smyth shares excitement for Paris 2024
The six-time Paralympic champion reflects on his career and shares what it takes to top the podium at the Games

Get to know the Paris 2024 Paralympic venues
Blind football at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, Para equestrian in the Chateau de Versailles gardens – the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games will shine throughout the “City of Light” when the Games open on 28 August