With less than 40 days to go before the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships begin in Doha, Qatar, it’s time to find out that little bit more about this year’s key contenders.
Swimming
The Dutch European, and now world, champion is aiming for the title triple by adding Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.
Wheelchair Rugby
The wheelchair rugby player has played three seasons in the US and hopes that experience can help Finland in the European Championships.
Rio 2016
New look revealed for Rio's suburban trains, with images of Paralympic stars and phrases by Brazilian literary figures.
Powerlifting
World champion hopes to put in ‘outrageous’ performance at the first Paralympic ranking event to take place in the African region.
Rio 2016
The IPC Vice President says seeing high-performance athletes up close will have ‘extraordinary educational effect.’
Table Tennis
The table tennis class 6 world champion is preparing to add Paralympic champion to her resume.
USA
With under a year until the Rio 2016 Paralympics, athletes will be busy travelling, and maintaining a healthy nutrition becomes more challenging.
Wheelchair Fencing
In her fifth Games, the Hungarian wheelchair fencer hopes to finally win that elusive gold medal.
Athletics
Australia will field their biggest athletics Worlds roster for October’s event, led by five-time Paralympic champion Evan O’Hanlon.
Summer Sports
Sir Philip Craven was joined by IPC Vice President and President of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee Andrew Parsons at the centre in Sao Paulo.
Athletics
Heinrich Popow, Vanessa Low among the standouts on Germany’s roster for the IPC Athletics World Championships.
Athletics
The Dutch announced 18 members who will represent their country in October’s IPC Athletics World Championships.
Canoe
The Austrian para-canoeist is coming off another KL2 win but knows competition will be stiffer in Rio 2016.
Athletics
The first of five films about the athletes competing was released to coincide with the tickets sales for the IPC Athletics World Championships.
Badminton
Wang Ping looks to represent her country with a podium finish in the women’s WH1 class.
Canada
The five-time Paralympian will visit 10 cities around the country to promote Rio 2016.
Snowboard
Australian snowboarder has a new prosthetic leg and keeps her determination to continue her rise to the top.
Wheelchair Tennis
The quads division has only two Grand Slam events, and the American wants to close 2015 with at least one.
Wheelchair Rugby
The wheelchair rugby player went from not making the team’s Worlds roster to becoming a starter at Toronto 2015.