IPC Athletics European Championships
25-28 June

STADSKANAAL 2012 - Media Centre

News - Athletics

A man and a woman kissing in a stadium

Paris 2024: Hunter Woodhall claims first gold medal at Paralympic Games

USA sprinter triumphs in the men's 400m T62 and celebrates with wife Tara Davis-Woodhall who won Olympic long jump gold in the same Stade de France few weeks ago; China breaks the 4x100m universal relay world record en route to gold with Woodhall helping USA take bronze in the event

A man with running blades wearing a Team USA uniform holds up an American flag and smiles inside a full stadium

Top medal moments on Day 9

Hunter Woodhall wins first Paralympic gold, finishing ahead of world record holder Johannes Floors in men's 400m T62

A long jumper in action

Paris 2024: Low retains Paralympic title in record breaking style

Australia's Vanessa Low wins second Paralympic title in row with a new world record in the women's long jump T61 much like Greece's Ghavelas Athanasios who defends his Paralympic gold in men's 100m T11; Swiss star Catherine Debrunner won her fourth gold medal with a Games record time in women's 400m - T53 final while Wen Xiaoyan gets golden treble at the Stade de France on day seven of competitions

A woman races in a handcycle at Tokyo 2020

Para cycling moves from track to road on Day 7

Sarah Storey and Oksana Masters headline the Para cycling road competition, with four golds up for grabs in Para powerlifting and the first Paris 2024 wheelchair tennis champions to be decided on Day 7

An athlete in action in high jump

Paris 2024: Frech soars to second gold at Stade de France

Promising USA star Ezra Frech won men's high jump T63 final with new Paralympic record, while fellow sprinter Jaydin Blackwell got his second Paralympic gold with another world record show in men's 400m T38 and 42-year-old Brazilian Jerusa Geber dos Santos added her first gold in Stade de France on day five

James Turner poses for a photo in front of the board that shows he broke the world record.

Big moments on Day 6

Para athletics star James Turner smashes world record on way to gold in the men's 400m T36

Athletes competing on the track

Paris 2024: Durand stamps dominance with fourth successive gold

Cuban legend Omara Durand (women's 400m T12) wins her ninth Paralympic gold while Australia's James Turner (men's 400m T36) and Brazil's Yeltsin Jacques (men's 1500m - T11) defend their Tokyo 2020 title with world record shows at the Stade de France Tuesday morning