RIO 2016 PARALYMPICS NEWS
![A man in a wheelchair swings back a tennis racket in preparation of hitting a backhand.](/sites/default/files/images/140512090154271_lapthorne.jpg)
Wheelchair Tennis: Day four preview
Wagner and Lapthorne square up for fascinating Centre Court battle as the competition intensifies at the Olympic Tennis Centre.
![Akeem Stewart wins gold in the Men's Javelin Throw - F44 at Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912191831353_stewart.jpg)
Stewart not satisfied with one golden first
Javelin throw earned Trinidad and Tobago its first Paralympic gold in over three decades. The nation might not have to wait long for its next one.
![Yijun Chen](/sites/default/files/images/130717150801043_Wheelchair%2BFencing_0.jpg)
Wheelchair fencing: Day one preview
The male sabre fencers are the first to do battle on the piste at Rio 2016. But who will come out on top?
![Serbia’s Laslo Suranji (centre) with fellow medallists Abdulla Sultan Alaryani and Doron Shaziri.](/sites/default/files/images/160912202047396_Laslo%2BSuranji%2B-%2BGold%2BR7.jpg)
Serbian Suranji’s delight at clinching shooting gold
Ten-time Paralympian Jonas Jacobsson questions his timing and admits he “didn’t have enough gas in the tank” as he finishes tenth.
![Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160913010611135_GettyImages-603207672.jpg)
Swimmers star on special night at Aquatics Centre
There is drama in the pool and at the Olympic Stadium where Germans clinch relay title after US team are disqualified again.
![Walid Ktila of Tunisia won all four of the events he took part in over the three days of track and field action at the Rades Athletics Stadium.](/sites/default/files/images/150326094048511_151232666.jpg)
Athletics: Day five preview
Tunisia’s Walid Ktila is determined to defend the 100m T34 title he won at London 2012. Can anyone stop him?
![Australian SKUD 18 team - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912222838344_AUS_SKUD18.jpg)
Opening day of sailing contest has all the elements
Leading Para sailors deliver – as does the weather – as the sailing competition gets underway at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
![The USA's Bradley Snyder celebrates winning the men's 400m freestyle S11 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160912122909656_GettyImages-602232532.jpg)
Swimming: Day five preview
Independent Paralympic Athlete Ibrahim Al-Hussein competes for the first time while Daniel Dias chases a fifth medal at Rio 2016.
![Genrik Pavliukianec with teammate Mindaugas Suchovejus at the Athletes' Village during the Rio 2016 Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/images/160912195059715_20160909_190449.jpg)
Pavliukianec to leave Lithuanian goalball in good hands
Before Genrik Pavliukianec retires, he wants his team to leave Rio with a medal and build on that success.
![George Wyndham](/sites/default/files/images/160617084443907_george_0.jpg)
George Wyndham aims to make a difference in Sierra Leone
As the country’s only athlete in Rio, Wyndham hopes he can change the perception of people with impairments.
![Powerlifting | EJIKE Lucy wins Gold | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/Bwuc1SD3oeJGEJCTkKEWcXxl4ZwoRts_kSReY0BgKVU.jpg?itok=VU2keWUQ)
Trio of world records as powerlifters raise the bar
Ejike claims Nigeria’s third gold of the competition in front of an ecstatic crowd.
![A man shooting a pistol](/sites/default/files/images/160211085714302_Joackim%2BNorberg.jpg)
Shooting: Day four preview
One event, 31 competitors and 19 countries as Paralympic shooters go for gold again, with China’s Jiafei Li among the favourites.
![Agitos](/sites/default/files/images/160816074328431_IPC%2BLogo%2B16-9.jpg)
Kenyan powerlifter reprimanded for Anti-Doping Rule Violation
Gabriel Magu Wanjiku tested positive for terbutaline in a urine sample provided on 29 July
![Swimming | Men's 100m Breaststroke SB13 final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/PpyQu9hrp_ehxszLcXMPXsfUvduOs6A50NE8skSgCLE.jpg?itok=FUmPaqi5)
Uzbekistan win first Paralympic swimming golds at Rio
New Zealand’s Sophie Pascoe won the eighth Paralympic title of her career, in a new world record time.
![Prawat Wahoram of Thailand and Marcel Hug of Switzerland lead the pack in heat one of the men's 5000m meter T54 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160911095418751_GettyImages-601180840.jpg)
Athletics: Day four preview
There are plenty of exciting match-ups on the cards at the Olympic Stadium, including a showdown sure to excite the locals in the crowd.
![GBR's rowing gold medallists at Lagoa](/sites/default/files/images/160911151628931_rowing2.jpg)
Great Britain celebrate triple gold rowing success
Great Britain dominated in the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, while Samuel Moran claimed Israel’s first medal at Rio 2016.