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 Raymond Martin USA in the Men's 100m - T52 Round 1 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The T52 athlete will line-up for his first track meeting at this week’s World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Arizona.

Markus Tihumaki - Finland - goalball

Finnish goalball player Markus Tihumaki was the first of 22 writers to publish their blogs on the 2017 Goalball Europeans’ website.

2017 Brazilian Paralympic University Games

The Brazilian Paralympic University Games will take place at Brazil’s Paralympic Training Centre, from 26-30 June.

Japan - women's blind football 5

The Japanese team was crowned champion following a 1-0 victory over an IBSA select team in Vienna, Austria.

Andre Shelby USA competes in the Men's Archery Individual Compound Open 1/8 Elimination Round against Nathan MacQueen GBR at Sambodromo

The squad broke Team Italy’s record by one point at the world ranking competition in Puerto Rico.

Stephane Houdet and Nicolas Peifer of France

No.1 Stephane Houdet and No.5 Nicolas Peifer won their second consecutive title, whilst Great Britain took the quad title on 7 May in Alghero, Italy.

Filip Rodzik

After underperforming due to ill health at the Paralympic Games, the Polish pistol shooter is even more determined to shine.

IPC President Sir Philip Craven was joined by the family of Para cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad on a visit to the athlete's tomb.

Over the weekend Sir Philip visited Shiraz and a new Paralympic training centre in Isfahan.

Hongzhuan Zhou of China competes at the Women's 800m - T53 Final during day 10 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

The T53 racer will line up at this week’s Beijing World Para Athletics Grand Prix.

China - wheelchair tennis - World Team Cup

After a surprising victory in Italy, China became just the third nation other than the Netherlands to win the wheelchair tennis World Team Cup.

Egypt - powerlifting

Nadia Ali and Randa Mahmoud won the women´s up to 86kg and over 86kg, respectively, at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup on Sunday.

Helgi Sveinsson broke his own javelin F42 world record at the 2017 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Italy.

The Icelandic thrower was the star performer at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix with a distance of 59.77m.

Mexico's Amalia Perez competing at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Eger, Hungary.

The Mexican topped the podium at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Eger, Hungary.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing tennis

France will face Great Britain and the Netherlands will meet China in the men’s and women’s finals at the wheelchair tennis event in Alghero, Italy.

Egypt's Mohamed Elelfat in action at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Eger, Hungary.

On Saturday at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup, Egyptian athletes won three out of four events.

The APC held a Co-ordination Commission with the organisers of Lima 2019 in May 2017.

Fruitful meetings took place in the Peruvian city from 3-5 May, with the APC and Lima 2019 discussing improvements ahead of the Parapan Ams.

Hongzhuan Zhou of China competes at the Women's 800m - T53 Final during day 10 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

The T53 racer won two Paralympic titles at Rio 2016 and is hoping for more success at London 2017.

Woman riding a horse with various nation's flags in the background

A slew of German riders, including the Rio 2016 team runners-up, will compete at home.

Selfie of a woman, her husband and their two daughters

After some personal time off, the three-time Danish taekwondo athlete is preparing to ramp up her training schedule.

Group photo of participants after a training course

Iranian Para sport officials learned more about classification specifically in athletics.