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20-23 September

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A female wheelchair racer leading the pack ahead of three competitors

Paris 2024: Catherine Debrunner flies to gold and Paralympic record

Swiss wheelchair racer dethrones Tokyo 2020 champion Susannah Scaroni of USA to take gold in the women’s 5000m T54 final in a morning session with the first medal to hosts France, a world record to China's Zhao Yuping and Dutch long jumper Fleur Jong defending her Paralympic title

Sareh Javanmardi takes aim in a shooting Para sport competition

Who's going for gold on Day 3 in Paris?

From established stars like shooting Para sport's Sareh Javanmardi to new faces like Para taekowondo's Matt Bush, Day 3 is promising a whole host of podium opportunities in Paris

Three women in wheelchairs holding hands in a shooting range

Paris 2024: Lekhara defends Paralympic gold

Indian star wins second Paralympic gold medal with a record Games score in women R2 final; Frenchman Tanguy de La Forest wins silver in his sixth Games in men R4 and Korea's Jeongdu Jo gets his first Paralympic gold in men P1 final

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Disability Inclusion Conference highlights Women's World Challenge

World Para Ice Hockey joins International Disability Inclusion Conference: Harnessing the transformational impact of Para sport during the Paralympic Games in Paris to speak about the success of the Women's World Challenge to increase female participation and inclusion in the sport

Three female short statures athletes showing their medals

Paris 2024: Raoua Tlili in seventh heaven at Stade de France

Tunisian thrower cements her legendary status with a seventh Paralympic gold, and fifth in the shot put. Brazil's Julio Agripino and Colombia's Jose Gregorio Lemos set new world records in the opening session of the Para athletics programme at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Man in blue tee and shorts kneels on the badminton court holding a ring

Big moments on Day 2

Raoua Tlili defended her gold medal in the women's shot put F41 event as Para athletics got underway