PARA POWERLIFTING NEWS

Iraqi athlete Thaer Al Ali receives two-year ban for anti-doping rule violation
Para powerlifting athlete returned an adverse analytical finding for Prohibited Substances at the Dubai 2023 Para Powerlifting World Championships

Algerian athlete Nacera Merar receives three-year ban for ADRV
Para powerlifter returned an adverse analytical finding for a prohibited substance at the Dubai 2024 World Para Powerlifting World Cup

Indian athlete Sachin Chaudhary given eight-year ban for second ADRV
Para powerlifting athlete returned an an adverse analytical finding for multiple prohibited substances at the Tbilisi 2021 Para Powerlifting Senior World Championships; this is the powerlifter's second asserted ADRV

Best Para powerlifting moments of Paris 2024
Nigeria’s Onyinyechi Mark makes stunning debut to take gold, breaking world record twice on the way

Paris 2024 review: Cui Zhe turns silver streak into gold as China dominate
In five days of Para powerlifting at La Chapelle Arena, China top the medal table, finishing first in six of the 20 events followed by Iran in second and Egypt in third; Mexico's Amalia Perez becomes the only Para powerlifter with seven Paralympic medals one at every Games since her debut at Sydney 2000

Paris 2024: Medeiros snatches gold in dramatic final, record show from Oluwafemiayo
Brazilian Tayana Medeiros snatches women's up to 86kg gold from China Zheng Feifei in last seconds with a Games record; Nigeria's Folashade Oluwafemiayo clinches women's over 86kg gold with world record show, while Iranians Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Ahmad Aminzadeh win men's up to 107 and over 107kg finals on the final day at La Chapelle Arena

The world records that tumbled in Paris
More than 40 world records tumbled in Para athletics alone at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Top medal moments on Day 11
Para powerlifter Oluwafemiayo breaks world record not once, but twice, to win women's over 86kg gold

Jawad supports Para powerlifting friends
The retired Great British athlete was invited to open Para powerlifting event with three 'Coups de Baton'

Marathon wraps up Para athletics on final day of the Paralympics
The final medals in Para athletics, powerlifting, canoe and wheelchair basketball will be awarded on Day 11 before Paris 2024 comes to an end with the Closing Ceremony

Paris 2024: Powerlifting Day Five Preview
Iranians Aliakbar Gharibshahi and Aminzadeh Ahmad and Nigeria's Loveline Obiji and Folashade Oluwafemiayo among others to follow on Sunday at the La Chapelle Arena, day five of powerlifting programme at Paris 2024 Games

Paris 2024: Gritty Khattab improves world record with massive lift
Jordan's Abdelkareem Khattab clinches second Paralympic gold with massive 270kg; China's Han Miaoyu made Paralympic debut with world record show in women's up to 79kg, Brazil's Mariana D'Andrea dedicates women's up to 73kg gold to father, while China's Yan Panpan wins men's up to 88kg final with Games records at La Chapelle Arena on penultimate day

Top medal moments on Day 10
Rayane Soares da Silva of Brazil smashes 29-year-old record on the track

Paris 2024: Gustin, Rostami, Mark and Yujiao shine with world records
Malaysia's Bonnie Bunyau Gustin improves own world record enroute to retaining Paralympic gold so does China's Tan Yujiao and Iran's Roohallah Rostami; Nigeria's Onyinyechi Mark win gold in debut Games; Mexico's Amalia Perez becomes most medalled athlete in Para powerlifting history with seven medals at La Chapelle Arena of day four

Nigeria's Mark debuts with historic gold and record
Para powerlifting star broke the world record twice in her Paralympic debut

Legend Osman on LA 2028 and big ambitions
The powerlifter says “Los Angeles is waiting for me” after missing out on Paralympic podium in France