Back in August, 17-year-old Violet Hall settled into the starting blocks for the biggest race of her life. She was preparing to take off in the women’s 200-meter T44/46/64 race at the 2025 USATF Para National Championships at Hayward Field on the...
Since Sayers Grooms was 6 years old, she’s dreamed of becoming a Paralympian. For most of her life, however, that dream couldn’t become a reality. The Gainesville, Florida, native has ataxic cerebral palsy, which affects balance and coordination. ...
Good coaching can be hard to find regardless of the sport, but it can be especially challenging for a Paralympic athlete. Joel Gomez had been doing just fine during his track career, competing at Purdue and making his Paralympic debut at 18. But the En...
NEW DELHI, INDIA – On the final night of competition at the World Para Athletics Championships, Team USA claimed its sixth and final gold medal of the meet to bring the U.S. medal total to 28. The tally includes nine silver and 13 bronze. The gold...
NEW DELHI, INDIA – Michael Brannigan did it again. Branningan claimed his third world title in the 1500m T20 today in a race that was both tactical and fast. On the penultimate day of the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships in New Delhi and under h...
NEW DELHI, INDIA – Yesterday it was raining in Delhi. Today it was raining medals for Team USA. The team captured nine medals today including a gold and a world record on the most successful day yet for the red white and blue. The gold medal came ...
NEW DELHI, INDIA – After an evening that saw competition delayed and postponed, some of Team USA’s top jumpers and throwers will have to wait until tomorrow to compete for a World Championship medal. The men’s shot put F46 (impairment or absence of lim...
NEW DELHI, INDIA – Jaydin Blackwell didn’t just win his second gold medal of the 2025 World Para Athletics Championships tonight, he set another world record in the process. In the T38 (movement and coordination in the lower trunk and legs) 400m, Black...
NEW DELHI, INDIA – Joel Gomez wasn’t the favorite coming into the T13 (visually impaired) 1500m, but raced like the favorite. Gomez took the lead from the start of the race which kicked off just before 9:30 a.m., but instead of setting a blistering pac...
NEW DELHI, INDIA – Day three of the World Para Athletics Championships brought the busiest day for Team USA thus far and added three medals to the tally - all of them in the discus. The morning session was focused on the discus with four U.S...
