PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Paris 2024: Elena Krawzow defends Paralympic title with new world record
German swimmer who was diagnosed with brain cancer weeks after Tokyo 2020 gold wins women's 100m breaststroke SB12 with one of the five Para swimming world records set at La Defense Arena on Thursday at the Paralympic Games

Dutch ‘machine’ Plat nets a hat-trick
Dutch Para cyclist will turn his attention to the marathon after a gold trifecta

Paris 2024: Third time lucky for Rehab Ahmed, Clara Fuentes makes history
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

Para canoe gets underway on Day 9
Day 9 of the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games features the start of the Para canoe competition and sitting volleyball medal matches, as well as thrilling wheelchair basketball semifinals

Silver lining for Martinet as Paris hails home hero
Also memorable medals for Kazakhstan's Sherzod Namozov and Kapil Parmar of India on first day of Para judo

Meet the Paralympians making waves in Bermuda
Wheelchair racer Jessica Cooper Lewis and boccia athlete Yushae Andrade are the only competitors from Bermuda at the Paris 2024 Paralympics

Sevda Altunoluk makes history with third goalball gold
Reigning women's champions Turkiye beat Israel to clinch goalball gold
Paris 2024: Hiltrop clinches first R6 mixed gold on final day
German star Natascha Hiltrop takes second gold at Paris 2024 - winning R6 mixed 50m rifle prone gold with a Games record, Sweden's Anna Benson gets silver even as French shooter Jean-Louis Michaud claims first ever Paralympic medal

De La Puente wins quarter final on ‘best day of his life’
Facing Frenchman Stephane Houdet in wheelchair tennis, Martin De La Puente had to contend with roaring home crowd

More than 90 IPC-supported delegations competing
Athletes, coaches and technical officials from around the world are competing at the Paralympics thanks to IPC development programmes