The World Para Athletics Grand Prix series enters its seventh year in 2019 with nine events scheduled to take place around the world between February and August, ahead of the World Para Athletics Championships in November.
Daniel Romanchuk became the first-ever American and the youngest athlete to win the men's wheelchair event at the New York City Marathon today.
Giuseppe Campoccio took home three gold medals from the World Para Athletics' first dedicated throws competition in the Italian city Ancona.
UK Athletics (UKA) have released a video showcasing the work of sports photographers with disabilities to mark National Inclusion Week in Great Britain.
Swiss star Manuela Schaer smashed the wheelchair world record at the 2018 Berlin Marathon while Brent Lakatos took his first marathon victory in the men's event.
Marie-Amelie Le Fur of France produced the outstanding performance on the final day of the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin as she won gold with a world record of 6.01 metres in the recently-established T64 long jump category.
Germany’s Paralympic, world and European champion Markus Rehm delighted the home crowds in Berlin as he set a world record of 8.48 metres in the men’s long jump T64 on the penultimate day of the World Para Athletics European Championships.
A further three world records fell in the field as action continued at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin today.
Britain and France enjoyed success on the third day of the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin.
Kare Adenegan set a Championship record to beat team-mate Hannah Cockroft to women's T34 100 metres gold at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin.
Day two at the World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin did not replicate the world records of the opening day, but nevertheless produced no fewer than 11 Championship records at the Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn Sportpark.
A week after the outstandingly successful European Athletics Championships came to a close in Berlin, the German capital prepares to welcome another wave of top athletes for the World Para Athletics European Championships, due to underway tomorrow and run until next Sunday August 26.
This year's World Para Athletics European Championships in Berlin is to be livestreamed, the International Paralympic Committee (IPC) has announced.
Chile's Francisca Mardones has been named as the Americas Paralympic Committee Athlete of the Month for June after receiving 46 per cent of the public vote.
Brazilian throwers Andre Rocha and Elizabeth Gomes were in superb form as field event athletes sparkled at the final leg of the 2018 World Para Athletics Grand Prix series season in Berlin.
At the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Iranian judoka Arash Miresmaeili was disqualified for weighing in at nearly four pounds above the limit for his weight class of his under-66 kilograms match against an Israeli opponent Ehud Vaks in the first round. It was claimed Miresmaeili had gone on an eating binge to protest the International Olympic Committee's recognition of the state of Israel. Iran does not recognise the state of Israel, and Miresmaeili's actions won praise from high-ranking Iranian officials. Mohammad Khatami, the country's President at the time, was quoted as saying Miresmaili's actions would be "recorded in the history of Iranian glories". He was later awarded $125,000 by the Government - the same amount given to Olympic gold medallists.
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