World Para Athletics Championships – 10 things to know
Published Thu 25 Sep 2025
25 September 2025
World Para Athletics Championships – 10 things to know
Dates: 27 September to 5 October 2025 (9 days of competition)
Location: Indian city of New Delhi, population 22 million
Competition commences/timezone: Saturday 9:00am 27 September or Saturday 3pm 27 September NSW/Sydney time. Sydney/NSW is six hours ahead of Dubai, a competition timetable is here: chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.paralympic.org/sites/default/files/2025-09/2025_09_23_New%20Delhi%202025_Competition%20Schedule.pdf
Competition venue: Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium, which hosted the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
2025 is the 12th edition of the World Para Athletics Championships. They were first held in 1994 in Berlin. Between 2019 and 2022, no championships were held due to COVID, but since championships have been held in 2023 (Paris), 2024 (Kobe) and now 2-25 (New Delhi). In 2011 Christchurch hosted the championships.
Three NSW athletes have won the most medals by any Australian athlete 13 - Louise Sauvage, 12 - Angie Ballard & Evan O'Hanlon.
Australia will have a team of 51 in New Delhi at the 2025 championships
Outside the Paralympic Games, they are the premier championships for Para athletes. They include competition in all classifications, but not all events.
Some NSW representatives on the team staff:
-Breanne Clement Team Coach – Throws
-Andrew Dawes Team Coach Manager
-Katie Edwards Team Coach – Sprints & Jumps
-Louise Sauvage Team Coach – Wheelchair Track
13 NSW athletes are competing:
100m –Luke Bailey T54 (Fred Periac), Telaya Blacksmith T20 (Jacinta Doyle), Lexie Brown T47 (Zenon Kowalczyk), Coco Espie T34 (Louise Sauvage), Summer Giddings T35 (Michael Hemmings-Jones), Jackson Love T35 (Andrew Iselin), Mali Lovell T36 (NSW, #401, Katie Edwards), Rheed McCraken T34, James Tirado T13 (Andrew Murphy)
200m Brown T47, Love T35, Lovell T36, Layla Sharp T38 (Rob Marks)
400m – Bailey T54, Espie T34, McCracken T34, Cooper Robb-Jackson T38 (Greg Smith), Sharp T38
800m – Bailey T54, Espie T34, McCracken T34
1500m – Bailey T54,
Long Jump – Blacksmith T20, Sarah Walsh T64 (Matt Beckenham)
Shot Put – Rosemary Little F32 (Breanne Clement)
David Tarbotton for Athletics NSW
Image: Sarah Walsh(courtesy of Australian Athletics)
