Ahead of July’s World Para Athletics Championships, here are 10 athletes who will do well to retain their gold medals this summer.
Wheelchair Basketball
The wheelchair basketball Paralympic and world champions decided it was time to hang up their jerseys.
Wheelchair Curling
South Korea’s wheelchair curler seeks to get closer to his PyeongChang 2018 dream.
Wheelchair Basketball
The regional wheelchair basketball competition will take place from 2-12 August 2017.
Archery
The Paralympic champions received the award by World Archery at a gala held in Las Vegas, USA, on 10 February.
Athletics
The Japanese racer finished ahead of Marcel Hug whilst the USA’s Amanda McGrory won the women’s race.
Shooting
Great Britain’s Ryan Cockbill also beat Ukraine’s Paralympic champion Vasyl Kovalchuk for gold to conclude competition in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates.
Powerlifting
Five different countries all won gold in Dubai on the first day of competition at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup.
Powerlifting
Over 50 participants from 27 countries took part from 19-26 February, prior to the start of the eighth Fazza 2017 World Para Powerlifting World Cup.
Powerlifting
The competition opens the 2017 season on 27 February and will be shown live at worldparapowerlifting.org.
Table Tennis
The newly crowned British table tennis Paralympic champion wants to stay No. 1 but is not pressuring himself about it.
Para Ice Hockey
The Italian Para ice hockey team will play Norway, South Korea and Canada from Monday (27 February), in their last major event ahead of the Worlds.
Athletics
Find out where the visually impaired sprinter relaxed after the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
Shooting
A low round for Germany’s Natascha Hiltrop allowed the Slovakian to take the late lead and eventual victory in R6 at the shooting World Cup.
Table Tennis
Twelve athletes from Great Bitain will compete in the competition between 1-4 March.
Snowboard
The USA’s Amy Purdy and Megan Harmon explain how they navigate through the snow with lower-limb impairments.
Powerlifting
The Hungarian Rio 2016 bronze medallist wants to impress at the season opening World Cup in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Shooting
The SH2 shooter made history in Al Ain, United Arab Emirates, once again to follow on from his appearance at Rio 2016.
Blind Football
The football 5-a-side player is confident the Asian team will build on their silver medal performance at Rio 2016 and continue improving in the lead-up to Tokyo 2020.
Blind Football
Great Britain’s two-time football 5-a-side Paralympian shares his view on how sports can bring together communities from across the world.
