Hollie Arnold PROFILE

As she prepares for the start of World Para Athletics Championships, Welsh javelin legend Hollie Arnold tells Owen Morgan why she stepped away from competition for nine months.

Welsh athletes hope the Prime Minister will heed their emphatic call to ensure disabled children have equal access to sport. As the triumphant Great Britain team returned home from Paris with 124 medals – 49 gold, 44 silver and 31 bronze, including 22 medals for Welsh athletes – ParalympicsGB posted an open letter to Sir Keir Starmer, urging him to “act now” and establish a “clear plan from across Government with concrete steps for change”.

Aled Davies has admitted he is finding it hard to offer an explanation for his failure to win a fourth Paralympic gold medal. Wales’ greatest current Paralympian was unable to follow up his titles of the 2012, 2016 and 2020 Games and had to settle for shot put silver in Paris on a final weekend where Laura Sugar took gold in para canoeing and Phil Pratt earned a silver in wheelchair basketball.

Creative director Thomas Jolly has some lofty goals for Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games, when the heart of Paris will once again become the stage for a stunning artistic display. The outdoor ceremony at the Champs-Elysees and Place de La Concorde — a site where several members of the royal family were beheaded during the French Revolution — is aiming to challenge and reshape society’s perceptions of disabilities.

Javelin star Hollie Arnold feels primed to make “magical things” happen in Paris after rediscovering happiness following the lingering pain of losing her Paralympic title. The 30-year-old Team Wales athlete did little to hide her disappointment when she downgraded the F46 gold she won at Rio 2016 to bronze on a rain-soaked day at the rescheduled Tokyo Games in 2021.

Aled Davies will head the Welsh contingent heading for Paris and the start of the Paralympic Games in Paris next week. The shot and discus thrower will compete at his fourth Paralympics for Great Britain and defend his F42 shot put title he won in Tokyo three years ago.

Aled Davies is looking for more Games glory after being named as one of four Welsh Para athletes in Britain’s team for Paris 2024.

Hollie Arnold won a sensational sixth consecutive world title to give Great Britain a golden start at the World Para Athletics Championships Kobe24.

Aled Davies has already set his sights on more world records next year after he completed a decade of dominance in the men’s F63 shot put at the World Para Athletics Championships in Paris with an incredible fifth gold medal.

Hollie Arnold triumphed in a thrilling javelin battle to bag her fifth successive World Para Athletics Championship gold in Paris.

The introduction of seated shot put and discus competitions at last weekend’s Welsh Athletics Championships was described as a “beautiful thing to see” by athlete Keiran Jones. The F34 thrower, who is ranked number one in the UK, was delighted to be competing on the same timetable as able-bodied athletes at the nation’s senior outdoor championships.

A roar of delight at the end of a closely contested 800m illustrated just how much it means to win a Welsh athletics title. As the 105th edition of the Welsh Athletics Championships neared its finale, Ben Reynolds made his move as he entered the home straight of the men’s two-lap final.