A regular stone is made out of special granite from the Scottish Island Ailsa Craig and weighs 19.96kg.
Rio 2016
President of Cycling Ireland will spearhead the Irish team at Rio 2016
Table Tennis
Fighting back from a life-threatening accident, Croatia’s Sandra Paovic won the women’s class 6 title at the 2014 ITTF Para-Table Tennis World Championships.
Boccia
British world champion sets his sights on individual gold and team success at Rio 2016
Alpine Skiing
French para-alpine skiing star is more motivated than ever to continue dominating the women’s standing class in the 2014/2015 season
America
Final “Road TO15: Agitos Foundation Sessions” event is held in Mexico City and attracts nearly 75 participants from 17 National Paralympic Committees.
Wheelchair Fencing
German aiming for further success at IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Cup in Hong Kong
Biathlon
Ihor Reptyukh and Oleksandra Kononova win the biathlon sprint standing races on the last day of the IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup in Vuokatti, Finland.
Tokyo 2020
After winning the Games in September 2013, Tokyo 2020 has progressed at great speed and with great enthusiam.
Goalball
The 2014 best female and male athletes were selected by the Brazilian public through an online vote.
Tokyo 2020
IPC and Tokyo 2020 held its first Project Review between 15-16 December, reviewing a number of areas.
Biathlon
On the penultimate day of competition, there were wins for Russians Chokhlaev, Golubkov and Zaynullina, as well as Ukraine’s Shyshkova.
Equestrian
Para-dressage rider joins list of previous winners including Joachim Gerard and Marieke Vervoort
PyeongChang 2018
Bugaev leads a clean sweep for Russia in the men’s standing, whilst Rothfuss, Schaffelhuber and Krako also picked up wins.
Swimming
Britain’s best known Paralympian launches tickets sales for the nation’s biggest para-sport event since London 2012.
Athletics
2014 has been a hugely successful year for the sports governed by the International Paralympic Committee.
PyeongChang 2018
Paralympic medallists Markus Salcher, Andrea Rothfuss and Valerii Redkozubov also finish on top of the podium in Pitztal, Austria.
Rio 2016
Nearly 325,000 people took part in the public vote to decide the name of the Rio 2016 Paralympic mascot.
Para Ice Hockey
Find out more about the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool, taking place from 15-21 March.
Athletics
Find out who are the young track and field stars who could come of age during the 2015 para-athletics season