PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A man and a woman in a stadium, with spadens, working on an athletics track

British Paralympian Richard Whitehead helped remove the finish line of the old track to mark 500 days to go until the 2017 Para-athletics World Championships.

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The T53 racer set new world records over 400m and 800m in 2015 and is targeting her first Paralympic gold at Rio 2016.

Coral Batey is not fazed by being the only woman in the Great Britain squad.

European champions among three teams to test the venues for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Alain Dehaze with Ayumi Kunori

Online applications open from 1 March to 15 April.

Mac Marcoux in a close-up focussing on the slalom pole in front of him

Close races loom as skiers go head-to-head for overall super-G and downhill globes between 1-4 March.

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The month was packed with winter sports, including two World Championships.

Graphic with three women sprinting

The world champion sprinter who set a sensational new 100m world record last year shares her musical tastes.

Upper body of woman celebrating

Athletes will compete at Les Angles in both snowboard-cross and banked slalom between 8-12 March.

Manuela Schär and Ernst Van Dyk

The South African and Swiss racers will headline a strong field on Sunday 20 March.

Man with prosthetic leg doing shot put

The British two-time world champion added 15cm to his previous best.