PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Paralympics a 'catalyst for progress': French Minister for Persons with Disabilities
Speaking at the 2023 IPC Media and Marketing Summit, Geneviève Darrieussecq said Paris 2024 volunteers, media and athletes will be ambassadors for change

Manchester 2023: joy of swimming key to Firth's success
One of the stars of the host nation she will be defending three individual titles in her fourth participation at the Para Swimming World Championships

Paris 23: Stars align on magical final day
Newcomers shine, defending champions save best for last and Para athletics legends collect more gold as Para Athletics Worlds wraps up in the French capital

Para Athletics Worlds open door to more Para sports fans a year before Paris 2024
With just over a year until the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games, Para athletes said they loved competing in front of a vocal crowd at the Para Athletics World Championships. For many spectators, the event introduced them to the attractions of the sport

Paris 23: Sandilands pulls surprise, Sliwinska continues to impress
British runner makes winning Worlds debut, Polish thrower adds world title to Paralympic win in morning of thrilling throwing and jump finals on Monday

Japan's Oda becomes the youngest man ever to win a Wimbledon title
Japanese wheelchair tennis sensation Tokito Oda defeated two-time Paralympian Alfie Hewett in the men's singles final. Diede De Groot won the women's singles, and Niel Vinks won the quad singles in Wimbledon

Paris 23: Cockroft and Lemos double up with Sunday win
Colombian triumphs in rollercoaster shot put final while British wheelchair racer shows she is still the one to beat; Japan takes universal relay gold

How sprinters with vision impairment and their guides compete in sync
We asked Paralympic medallists competing at the Paris 23 Para Athletics World Championships to share their secrets

Paris 23: Sunday best for Carabin, Legnante and Rodriguez
Belgian wheelchair racer bags second gold in his Worlds debut, Italian throwing legend extends her legacy and Ecuadorian jumper smashes world record

Paris 23: Ghavelas and Debrunner shine on super Saturday
Greek adds world title to Paralympic gold, Swiss star takes fourth win as Lakatos gives Canada first triumph and Brazil closes gap to China on medals table