US amputee sprinter back in city to help celebrate one year to Games with unprecedented race against athletes in other Paralympic classes.
Powerlifting
IPC Powerlifting referee Verdonck began his involvement with the sport in the 1990s.
Rowing
The Australian won his third AS men’s single sculls title, just one of Australia’s two gold medals.
Rio 2016
Amputee sprinter, blind judoka and powerlifter amazed Brazilian gym regulars, as part of Rio 2016 ticket promotion campaign.
Triathlon
The Canadian is one to watch in the men’s PT4, especially with the World Championships just weeks away.
Wheelchair Basketball
The Turkish and Germans made their cases for spots in the gold medal game in day seven of the European Championships.
Athletics
The long-time high performance coach will be one of the keynote speakers at the inaugural conference this December in Colorado Springs, USA.
Rowing
Norway’s Birgit Skarstein and Australia’s Erik Horrie won the AS women and men’s single sculls semi-finals, respectively, moving closer to defending their world titles.
Rio 2016
Workshop with around 50 journalists, designers, programmers and students kicks off celebrations for one year to Rio 2016.
PyeongChang 2018
Fresh from silver-medal success in wheelchair basketball at Toronto 2015, Liam Hickey is hoping to make his Team Canada dreams a reality again.
Wheelchair Basketball
The defending European women’s champions defeated the London 2012 Paralympic champions on day six.
Para dance sport
Hungary will enter their first competition being held in St. Petersburg alongside athletes from nearly 20 countries.
Athletics
Find out family connections for Michael McKillop, Scott Reardon and Stef Reid are spurring them on to even greater things.
Rio 2016
Irishman, the fastest para-athlete of all time, in Brazil to help celebrate one year until the Games.
Rio 2016
Unprecedented race will bring together runners with different types of disability in celebration of one year until the Paralympic Games.
Athletics
The T34 wheelchair racer talks about the influence of Kurt Fearnley and how he is aiming to win his first world title this October.
Rio 2016
The two-day festival will include a race to define the world’s fastest sprinter, plus a rival football match between Brazil and Argentina.
Summer Sports
Five World Championships events in para-sport will be scattered throughout this month, along with four regional Championships.
Archery
The public has until 9 September to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.
Cross-Country Skiing
Inclusion of marathon distance for the first time, as six biathlon and cross-country World Cups are confirmed.