Michelle Salt, Canada flys by a gate in the first ever Women's Para Snowboarding Cross in the Winter Paralympic Games

The Canadian Paralympian explains why Nicole Roundy, Terry Fox and Kaillie Humphries inspire her.

IPC Athletes' Council

National Paralympic Committees have until Monday to nominate an athlete for September’s Council elections which will take place during Rio 2016.

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Around 150 delegates from 50 countries including world leaders and representatives from business, sport and civil society met in London, Great Britain.

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The German world champion will be in action this week at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Arizona, USA as she continues her preparations for September’s Paralympics.

Swimmer in the water, doing breaststroke

The 17-year-old broke the 100m breaststroke SB7 world record.

Seven men, some of them blindfolded hold a Romanian flag, celebrate.

The Romanian football 5-a-side team was crowned champion after recording four scoreless draws and three penalty shootouts wins.

Spain Football 5-a-Side team

Look back at the invention of the sport and its introduction to the Paralympic Games.

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The Swiss Silver Bullet reflects on the 2004 and 2008 Paralympic Games.

Gustavo Fernandez of Argentina

World No. 6 wheelchair tennis player will carry Argentina’s flag at the Opening Ceremony of Rio 2016, on 7 September.

New Zealand name seven strong Para cycling squad for Rio 2016

The squad features triple world champions Emma Foy and Laura Thompson.

Football 5-a-side match at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games

Outfield players shall be completely blind to be eligible to compete, whilst goalkeepers shall be fully or partially sighted.

Raymond Martin of the United States competes in the men's 100m T52 heats at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The world’s best T52 racer will line-up at this week’s IPC Athletics Grand Prix just two days after finishing his University exams.

Man with prosthetic leg in a stadium, posing next to a sign that shows the number 8.29m

Around 150 athletes from 17 countries will compete in the IPC Athletics sanctioned event in Barcelona this Saturday.

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About 270 athletes from 38 countries will be in Bratislava, with many top-five players looking to build off from Lasko.

A picture of a woman crossing a finish line after a triathlon race

The triathlon will give athletes one last race before the Paralympics and also develop future talents.

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The British shooter passed away after a short battle with cancer.

Scott Reardon

The 100m T42 reveals how he striking a balance between preparing for Rio 2016 and learning German.

Yunidis Castillo

Cuba’s most successful Paralympian, who won three sprints golds at London 2012, reveals her three favourite songs.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Football 5-a-side

Find out more about football 5-a-side, which will make its fourth Paralympic appearance at Rio 2016.

World champions Brazil won the Rio 2016 goalball test event.

The 2016 Paralympics hosts defeated Lithuania in the final match to claim gold.