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10-16 March

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Hudson’s Bay Company has designed the outfits athletes will wear during the Rio 2016 Games.
America

Intelliware Development donated CAD 40,000 to Paralympic Foundation of Canada to support Para athletes’ performances on their road to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

2017 World Para Swimming and Para Powerlifting Championships will be held in Mexico City.
Swimming

More than 900 athletes from 65 countries are expected for a nine-day long festival of Para sport in Mexico City.

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Shooting

In 30 years the programme has evolved rapidly and produced some of Para sports most recognisable faces.

Two men in a shooting range, talking
Rio 2016

Coach Bob Foth, an Olympic silver medallist, will lead the largest US shooting team in history to September’s Paralympic Games.

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Athletics

The Dutch T43 sprinter shares the experiences of her career so far.

World champions Brazil won the Rio 2016 goalball test event.
Rio 2016

The final goalball schedule for September´s Paralympic Games has been published.

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Rio 2016

Check out 10 athletes that will headline Mexico’s delegation.

Two women in wheelchairs look at each other smiling on a grass tennis court.
Wheelchair Tennis

Top seeds Stephane Houdet and Jiske Griffionen face tough draws, but still aim to win inaugural Wimbledon singles titles.

Three women in training suits on a podium
Rio 2016

The Dutch swimming world champion seeks to win gold in the 100m breaststroke at September’s Paralympic Games.

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Athletics

The multi world and Paralympic champion who will be lining up for this third Paralympics in September tells us about his training regime.

Man during a high jump in a stadium
Rio 2016

Argentina’s athletics and Canada’s shooting and wheelchair tennis teams for September’s Paralympic Games have been announced.

Jason Smyth
Rio 2016

The team includes three reigning world champions and two London 2012 gold medallists.

Sophie Christiansen
Equestrian

As the last three-star equestrian dressage event in Europe before Rio 2016, competition will be fierce.

Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.
Rio 2016

The Slovakian Paralympic champion from Beijing 2008 on converting her training scores to competition success.

A swimmer smiles having won gold and set a new world record
Rio 2016

After a successful comeback from injury, the British 100m backstroke S14 Paralympic champion is training hard towards September’s Paralympic Games.

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Alpine Skiing

Seven experienced coaches will be available to the wider coaching community to answer questions on alpine skiing.

Renske van Beek
Snowboard

Find out who inspires the 2015-16 IPC Snowboard World Cup winner on her road to PyeongChang 2018.

Sprinters on the track
Athletics

The German T44 sprinter reveals his three favourite musical choices.

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Rio 2016

The Ukrainian goalkeeper takes inspiration from his son as he heads towards the Rio 2016 football 7-a-side competition.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Shooting
Rio 2016

A test of body and mind – quite often with conflict between the two – shooting is the ultimate demonstration of accuracy and skill.