PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Podium with three women in wheelchairs

Great Britain’s Paralympic, world and European champion Jo Butterfield explains what seated throwing involves.

Man in rowing boat

Para rowers especially tested the new 2,000m distance format.

Osijek 2017 World Shooting Para Sport World Cup - logo

Shooters will gather in Osijek in September for a chance to qualify for the 2018 World Championships.

Dimitri Coutya  of Great Britain Fencing team poses during a Beazley British Fencing Profiling Day on June 26, 2013 in London, England.

Hungary’s Richard Osvath also claimed two wins at the World Cup in Stadskanaal.

Jianquan Tian CHN (left) vs Gang Sun CHN in the Men's Individual Épée - Category A Semi-final Wheelchair Fencing in the Carioca Arena 3 at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

The World Championships will be held from 6-12 November.

A blindfolded football 5-a-side player.

The football-5 event will take place in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, from 9-18 December.

Robinson Mendez - Chile - wheelchair tennis

Chile’s four-time Paralympian will now devote himself entirely to Para canoe, hoping to qualify for Tokyo 2020.

Two table tennis players celebrate.

Many of the top teams will meet each other again since battling at Rio 2016.

Jetze Plat NED celebrates winning the Gold Medal in the Men's PT1 Triathlon at Fort Copacabana. The Paralympic Games, Rio de Janeiro

The Netherlands and hosts Italy achieved seven wins each at the inaugural 2017 UCI Para cycling Road World Cup in Maniago, between 12-14 May.

Helene Ripa, Sweeden coming up to the finish

The Swedish is hanging up the skis to fully devote herself to Para canoe.