PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Paris 2024: Fortune wins first Paralympic gold in style on Sunday
British thrower improves her own shot put F20 world record to give her country the second Sunday gold, alongside Hannah Cockroft's fourth consecutive 100m T34 title; refugee Para athlete Guillaume Atangana makes history with bronze medal in a romantic evening session that ended with a marriage proposal

Paris 2024: Great Britain, China on top as more record fall on day four
Ukraine's Mykhailo Serbin sets new world and gold in men's 100m backstroke S11 final, Great Britain's Maisie Summers-Newton and China Yang Hang get Paralympic records at Paris La Defense Arena

History made as Atangana wins 2nd Refugee Team medal
Personal best time in men’s 400m T11 final means a podium finish for the vision impaired sprinter and Refugee Paralympic Team flagbearer

Paris 2024: De La Forest finally wins first Paralympic gold at home
Frenchman Tanguy De La Forest takes second medal at Paris 2024 winning the mixed R5 final while Slovakian legend Veronica Vadovicova regains Paralympic gold in mixed R3 event on day three at Chateauroux Shooting Centre

Awesome foursomes battle it out
Female and male swimmers team up in unique event to chase Paralympic glory

Mehrzadselakjani eyeing gold hat-trick
The Iranian men’s sitting volleyball team is on track to continue its global dominance

Paris 2024: Yang Yue celebrates long-awaited shot put gold
After silver medal in four consecutive Paralympic Games, Chinese thrower finally finishes on top of the podium on a Sunday morning with another gold to China and Portugal's first Paralympic title at Paris 2024

Big moments on Day 4
Japan stun Australia in "miraculous" wheelchair rugby semi-final

From Olympics to Paralympics, Alexandre is on a mission
A month after making her Olympic debut at Paris 2024, Brazilian Para table tennis player Bruna Alexandre shares her expectations and challenges of playing at both Games

Brazil's Jefinho hopes for fifth blind football medal
Brazilian star Jefinho has high hopes for a Paris 2024 Paralympic medal in the city that inspired him

Australia take gold in new Para rowing class
The Australian duo took one of five gold medals in the final day of Para rowing

Blind football kicks off on Day 4
Blind football athletes will launch their campaigns at the foot of the Eiffel Tower, while boccia will hand out its first medals

Para triathlon postponed to 2 Sep
Decision taken after decrease in River Seine water quality following heavy rain on Saturday

Paris 2024: Great Britain dominate as three world records fall on day three
British Para swimmers Stephen Clegg and William Ellard set new world records on way taking gold medals in men's 100m S12 and men's 200m S14 finals while China's Jia Ma put up record-breaking show in women's 50m S11 event at La Defense Arena

Paris 2024: Karen Palomeque leads Saturday of world records at Stade de France
Colombia makes unforgettable Paralympic debut with gold in the women’s 100m T38, while USA's Jaydin Blackwell and the Netherlands' Joel de Jong smash their own world records en route to gold in the second day of Para athletics at the Paris 2024 Paralympic Games

Top medal highlights from Day 3
Chinese Para table tennis athletes Mao Jingdian and Zhao Shuai became first-ever Paralympic mixed doubles gold medallists

Italy's Para swimming couple buoyed by baby at pool
Stefano Raimondi and Giulia Terzi welcomed their baby in February 2024 and will compete with their boy watching

Keita’s fairytale journey to taekwondo at the Paralympics
From begging on the streets to competing at Paris 2024, Senegal’s Keita has shown the world his fighting spirit

Paris 2024: Iranian star Javanmardi clinches third successive gold
Seasoned star Sareh Javanmardi retains women's P2 title even as Korean star Park Jinho wins his first Paralympic gold in men's R1 with Games record score on day two of shooting Para sport action at Chateauroux range

British bronze battle in Para archery
Jodie Grinham lost to gold medallist Oznur Cure Girdi in semi finals to fight compatriot Phoebe Paterson Pine for bronze