PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Per Kasperi celebrating with his teammate in the game against Austria at the 2015 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool in Ostersund, Sweden.

What you need to know about Sweden prior to the 2016 IPC Ice Sledge Hockey European Championships, Ostersund, Sweden.

Melissa Tapper

The 26-year-old secured her Olympic spot at the Oceania qualification tournament.

Wheelchair dancer partners competing in an event

Around 60 dancers from seven countries are expected.

Man and woman on podium with a medal around her neck and a British flag

England Athletics and British Blind Sport have joined forces to get more people with visual impairments into running.

Two ice sledge hockey players fighting for the puck.

Bas Diveld, the new skip of the national ice sledge hockey team, is confident his team can deliver good results at the Euros.

Group of sledge hockey players celebrating on the ice

Defenseman Josh Pauls says with Paralympic and world titles, USA have set the bar high for themselves.

A picture of men running through a finishing line

The British 100m T44 Paralympic champion talks us through his normal training day and why he needs so many alarm clocks.

Jeong Ho-Won of South Korea competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.

Get to know the four sport classes that boccia athletes compete in.

Per-Johan UHLMANN - Wheelchair Rugby - London 2012 Paralympic Games

Canadian Benoit Labrecque, who is also the head coach of the Swedish team, has been drafted in to help Finland qualify for Rio 2016.

Sledge hockey players on the ice without their helmets, celebrating

What you need to know about USA prior to the 2016 Ice Sledge Hockey Pan Pacific Championships, Buffalo, USA.