PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Group shot on a stage with a big sign in front

Two Para sport World Championships will be held in the same city at the same time, featuring more than 900 athletes.

Great Britain's Shelby Watson in action at the 2016 IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Nottwil, Switzerland.

The 18-year-old wheelchair racer broke four world records.

Man with British flag celebrating

The British 100m T44 sprinters is aiming to defend both his European and Paralympic titles this summer, starting with Grosseto 2016.

Jonato Santos Machado of Brazil and Pablo Molina Lopez of Argentina during the Gold Medal match at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

The Championships will be held 3-22 September next year.

Qing Xu celebrating his win in the pool.

The seven-time Paralympic swimming champion said that he is considering hanging up his googles after the Paralympic Games.

Ryley Batt competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

A player can be allocated to one of seven sport classes, depending on his or her impairment.

Twelve athletes in wheelchairs lined up, making up the wheelchair rugby team.

Nine athletes return from the team that took silver four years ago in London.

A group of 12 paralympians wearing the new green and yellow uniforms.

Paralympic athletes modelled the attire they will wear during the Rio 2016 Games, including the Opening and Closing Ceremonies.

An athlete in a wheelchair hitting a ball with a tennis racket.

Brazil’s three-time Roland Garros champion and IPC Vice President Andrew Parsons took part in a wheelchair tennis festival in Paris, France.

Woman crossing a finish line, celebrating

The Great British PT4 racer carried her winning momentum from Lisbon, Portugal, into her home course.