PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
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First three boccia gold medals awarded in Rio
Slovakia, Brazil and Thailand claimed the three first boccia Paralympic titles at Rio 2016.
![The USA's Bradley Snyder celebrates winning the men's 400m freestyle S11 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/160912122909656_GettyImages-602232532.jpg)
Swimming: Day five preview
Independent Paralympic Athlete Ibrahim Al-Hussein competes for the first time while Daniel Dias chases a fifth medal at Rio 2016.
![Akeem Stewart wins gold in the Men's Javelin Throw - F44 at Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912191831353_stewart.jpg)
Stewart not satisfied with one golden first
Javelin throw earned Trinidad and Tobago its first Paralympic gold in over three decades. The nation might not have to wait long for its next one.
Rio 2016: Day five preview
Walid Ktila, Omara Durand, David Wagner and 10-time Paralympian Jonas Jacobsson are among the stars competing on Monday (12 September).
![Serbia’s Laslo Suranji (centre) with fellow medallists Abdulla Sultan Alaryani and Doron Shaziri.](/sites/default/files/images/160912202047396_Laslo%2BSuranji%2B-%2BGold%2BR7.jpg)
Serbian Suranji’s delight at clinching shooting gold
Ten-time Paralympian Jonas Jacobsson questions his timing and admits he “didn’t have enough gas in the tank” as he finishes tenth.
![Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160913010611135_GettyImages-603207672.jpg)
Swimmers star on special night at Aquatics Centre
There is drama in the pool and at the Olympic Stadium where Germans clinch relay title after US team are disqualified again.
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Belgium’s Laurens Devos makes table tennis history
The 16-year-old became the youngest ever Paralympic Games table tennis champion when he won the men’s class 9 gold medal match.
![Australian SKUD 18 team - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/160912222838344_AUS_SKUD18.jpg)
Opening day of sailing contest has all the elements
Leading Para sailors deliver – as does the weather – as the sailing competition gets underway at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.
![Agitos symbol unveiled on Copacabana Beach.](/sites/default/files/images/160902163448727_agitos.jpg)
Do Nascimento dreams of Paralympic success
The T47 sprinter, who features in the latest video in the road to Rio 2016 film series, hopes to qualify for the Paralympic Games one day.
![Genrik Pavliukianec with teammate Mindaugas Suchovejus at the Athletes' Village during the Rio 2016 Paralympics.](/sites/default/files/images/160912195059715_20160909_190449.jpg)
Pavliukianec to leave Lithuanian goalball in good hands
Before Genrik Pavliukianec retires, he wants his team to leave Rio with a medal and build on that success.