PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The Olympic Tennis Centre hosted the first competition in Barra Olympic Park.

The sport will take place on hard courts at the Olympic Tennis Centre.

Group picture of people in wheelchairs and standing people in the snow

Wheelchair fencing has allowed the two nations to come together and experience each other’s cultures.

Ice sledge hockey players battle it out

The Sochi 2014 silver medallists lead at the ice sledge hockey Euros on goal difference after their second game, whilst Italy and Norway are tied in second.

The World and European champion in the T47 class speaks about his best and worst career moments.

The World and European champion in the T47 class shares his highs and lows.

Fiona Allan, Chief Executive, PNZ, with members of the Harvey Norman's team.

Australasia’s largest retailers of Furniture, Bedding, Computer and Electrical will conduct a nationwide fundraising campaign in support of the team heading to Rio 2016.

Yijun Chen

China’s Yijun Chen is hoping to guarantee a place at Rio 2016 with gold at the Asian Wheelchair Fencing Championships.

Female wheelchair tennis player in action on a blue court

Athletes are assigned to two sport classes, and all have an impairment that affects their legs.

Two men in British racing vests hold a union jack behind them as they celebrate victory,

The British war veteran will be aiming to stake his claim for a place in the Paralympics GB team for Rio 2016 with a good performance at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix.

Australian sprinter Isis Holt and New Zealand swimmer Sophie Pascoe break world records.

Sprinter Isis Holt lowered her own 100m T35 world record, whilst Sophie Pascoe took more than a second off the 100m butterfly S10 mark.

The Paralympian 01/2016 - cover

The first edition of 2016 profiles several of the athletes going for gold at September’s Games.