Skip to main contentSkip to navigation
Print subscriptions
Newsletters
Sign in

Paralympics

The latest news and comment on the Paralympic games

November 2024

  • Athletes Zac Shaw and Ali Smith at the Buckingham Palace reception.

    Fortnum & Mason apologises for party snub to UK Paralympians

    Olympians and Paralympians attended a Buckingham Palace reception, but only the former were asked to a following event hosted by the luxury food retailer

30 September 2024

  • Sarah Storey crosses the line ahead of Heidi Gaugain of France to claim gold in the Women’s C4-5 road race in Paris

    Emerging technologies offer glimpse into transformed future of disability sport

    Jason Stockwood
    Paralympics and football must work out how to harness innovations for the greater good of athletes and players

28 September 2024

  • Lewes FC's women's football team at Lewes stadium.

    The best original photographs from the Observer
    Observer Original Photography

    From Keir Starmer in the back garden of 10 Downing Street to London fashion week: the best original photographs from the Observer commissioned in September 2024

18 September 2024

  • Matt Stutzman’s Paralympic career stretches back to London 2012

    ‘My drag racing career is taking off’: a Paralympic hero’s next steps

    Matt Stutzman, Team USA’s self-described ‘armless archer’, wants to follow up gold with a move into a new sport

10 September 2024

  • Italy's Valentina Petrillo (left) during the women's T12 400m semi-final at the Paris Paralympics.

    Paralympian Valentina Petrillo hits back after JK Rowling ‘cheat’ claims

    Visually impaired transgender sprinter Valentina Petrillo said she felt welcomed by her fellow competitors despite the widespread scrutiny outside the Paralympic village
  • Guo Jincheng of China dives in

    The Guardian picture essay
    The best Paralympic images by Tom Jenkins – a photo essay

    Our photographer spent the past fortnight in Paris documenting everything from blind football to para-triathlon. Here are some of his favourite pics from the Games
  • Jonathan Liew

    Paris 2024 must learn from London’s broken promises if legacy is to be fulfilled

    Jonathan Liew
    Hosting the Olympics and Paralympics does bring change, but that transformation comes at a cost

9 September 2024

  • Clockwise from top left: Catherine Debrunner, Zakia Khudadadi, Lauren Rowles, Gabriel Araújo.

    Ten Paralympic stars who lit up the Paris 2024 Games

  • Members of the ParalympicsGB team pose as they arrive back in the UK via Eurostar at St Pancras.

    ParalympicsGB talks up LA Games amid US presidential election fears

  • Daniel Pembroke of Team Great Britain lets the javelin fly during the F13 competition.

    ‘I’ve never cheered harder’: readers’ memorable moments from Paris Paralympics

  • Arjola Dedaj of Italy competes in the women's long jump T11 class while wearing a butterfly blindfold

    The Guardian picture essay
    ‘Defying expectations’: amazing Paralympic photographers with disabilities

  • The US doesn’t dominate the Paralympics as it does the Olympics. Does it matter?

  • Highs, lows and rapture: the Guardian’s most memorable Paris Paralympic moments

8 September 2024

  • Madison de Rozario on her way to a silver medal in the T54 marathon at the 2024 Paralympics in Paris.

    Australia finish ninth on Paralympics medal table after Madison de Rozario claims silver

  • Silhouettes of dancers inside the Stade de France beneath red and green fireworks erupting across the stadium’s open roof

    Paris gives Paralympic Games a send-off for the ages

  • French athletes and a flag-bearer during the parade in the stadium.

    Paris 2024 Paralympics closing ceremony: spectacular show ends summer of sport – as it happened

  • Hannah Cockroft (centre) and Kare Adenegan (left) with Eva Houston after the women's 800m T34

    Britain finish second in Paralympics medal table with ‘incredible’ 49 golds

  • Paris 2024 Paralympics: Netherlands beat USA to basketball gold, canoeing glory for GB on final day – as it happened

  • David Weir retires from Paralympics after missing out on marathon medal

  • Paris Paralympics 2024: day 11 – in pictures

About 1,276 results for Paralympics
1234...
Explore more on these topics