Devendra Jhajharia wants to strike gold for a third time in the men's F46 javelin at the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics - and is in fine form following his recent improvement on his own world record at the national selection trials for the Games.
Australia has added a further 24 members to its athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics, bringing its total squad size up to 36 athletes.
ParalympicsGB has named an additional 32 athletes to its Tokyo 2020 track and field squad, bringing the total number of competitors to 44.
The International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has asked for entities interested in taking over the governance of Para athletics, Para swimming or both sports in their territories to come forward.
Reigning Paralympic high jump champion Mariyappan Thangavelu has been chosen as India’s flagbearer for Tokyo 2020 here next month.
Shot putter Ben Tuimaseve is the latest addition to New Zealand’s athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympics.
Selection trials for India’s track and field team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games have been postponed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been confirmed.
Paralympic sprinter Blake Leeper has failed with his last attempt at being able to compete alongside able-bodied athletes at the delayed 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected his appeal against a ruling from World Athletics.
The European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz produced a final world record today as Hungary’s Luca Ekler won the women’s 400 metres T38 final in 1min 00.27sec.
A day after breaking her own world record in the women’s 100 metres T64 category, Dutch phenomenon Fleur Jong produced successive world records in the women’s long jump T64 at the European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz.
Dutch sprinter Fleur Jong and Italian long jumper Martina Caironi set world records on day three of the European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz.
Two Russian Federation athletes tied the world record in the men’s 100 metres T35 on a second day that saw plenty of records set at the European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz.
Germany’s Markus Rehm produced one of the all-time great Para athletic performances on the opening day of the European Para Athletics Championships in Bydgoszcz as he shattered his own T64 long jump world record with a mark of 8.62 metres.
Nearly 700 competitors from 44 teams are expected to be involved in the seventh edition of the European Para Athletics Championships which start tomorrow in the Polish city of Bydgoszcz and conclude on Saturday (June 5).
Three-time Paralympic champion Marie-Amelie Le Fur is among nine new members of France’s athletics team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.
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