Two women in jerseys smiling and raising her arms

The Australian quickly adapted to the sport and is a Paralympic favourite in the women’s PT5 class.

Ryley Batt

The reigning Paralympic champions are not worried about their drop in the IWRF rankings.

Aerial view of Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas in Rio, Brazil, which will host rowing and canoe events during the 2016 Paralympic Games.

Biggest challenge for organisers will be transition period between the end of the Olympic Games and start of Paralympic Games say organisers.

Raymond Martin of the United States wins the men's 1500m T52 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar

The T52 Paralympic and world champion explains how he got into para-athletics.

Marie-Amelie le Fur

More than 100 hours will be shown from the Paralympic Games.

Canada's wheelchair curling team

Teams will compete for Paralympic Winter Games qualification points at the Eizentrum Luzern, in Lucerne Switzerland, from Sunday.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair celebrating his victory after a para-triathlon

World champion Bill Chaffey is among the para-triathletes looking to polish himself ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.

A swimmer says thank you to the crowds at the para-swimming World Championships in 2015

Ahead of the IPC Swimming European Championships, Paralympic champion Marc Evers speaks about Russian rival.

The Ministry of Sport of Peru went digital to show their commitment in developing para-sport in the country recently, releasing a video that celebrated the creation of the National Paralympic Committee of Peru.

Now as a member of the IPC, NPC Peru has taken quick steps to put its athletes at centre stage.

Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014

World’s strongest Paralympian, Iran’s Siamand Rahman, breaks the men’s over 107kg world record once again in Dubai, UAE.

Man plays table tennis

Three table tennis players, Marc Ledoux, Laurens Devos and Florian Van Acker, received the news that all athletes hope to get.

German sit skier Andrea Eskau pushing herself forward.

Nearly 120 athletes from 15 countries will compete at the second World Cup of the season in Finsterau, Germany.

Hany Abdelhady

An impressive three world records were set by the pair at the IPC Powerlifting World Cup in Dubai, UAE, alongside another world record for Mohamed Eldib.

Declan Farmer competes at the Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games

Find out what the 18-year-old US sledge hockey sensation wants to do to raise his game to the next level.

collage of three photos, one with swimmers in open water, one with two cyclists on a tandem, one with a runner with prosthetic leg

The international sports federation runs down a big year, when para-triathlon will debut at Rio 2016.

Elshan Huseynov, Powerlifting, Azerbaijan, Almaty 2015

IPC President Sir Philip Craven met with the NPC to discuss continuing growth of the Movement in Azerbaijan.

Erin Popovich

The former multi-world and Paralympic champion will serve on the Committee until November 2017.

Sledge hockey players on the ice without their helmets, celebrating

Paralympic and world champions will train Thursday-Saturday (18-20 February) at Extreme Ice Center with US developmental team.

Felipe Gomes - best and worst moments

The T11 sprinter who will be competing on home soil at Rio 2016 shares his career highs and lows.

Marina Mohnen of Germany

Different Games, same expectations for the German women’s wheelchair basketball team.