PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Maria Paula Barrera

Fresh from winning multiple titles at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan Am Games, Colombia’s swimmer aims high at this year’s World Para Swimming Championships.

Paralympic wheelchair rugby player Chuck Aoki poses for a portrait at the 2016 Team USA Media Summit at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on March 8, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Harry How/Getty Images)

The US wheelchair rugby player reflects on one of the most difficult questions high-performance athletes think about.

Jan Roger Klakegg from Norway after his game-winning goal against Italy.

Canada, USA and Norway all snag victories on final day of preliminary play at 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool.

Participants of Para table tennis camp pose for the photo.

Rio 2016 Paralympian Merewalesi Roden won Fiji’s only Para table tennis title on home soil in Suva; Australian players claimed eight remaining golds.

Petrucio Ferreira dos Santos won the gold medal in the T45/46/47 - Men's 100m - Athletics

Eighteen Paralympic medallists from around the world will compete from 21-23 April, including five Brazilian champions.

Norway - Para ice hockey - 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool

Find out who and what to watch on the final day of play at the 2017 World Para Ice Hockey Championships A-Pool.

A para-swimmer competes hard

The second of five World Series in 2017 will take place in Brazil and has attracted some of the country’s biggest name swimmers.

Great Britain - Para ice hockey training camp

Players from across Great Britain will gather in May for the first ever GB women’s Para ice hockey development camp.

Ellie Cole of Australia celebrates winning the gold medal in the Women's 100m Backstroke - S9 Final on day 9 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

After making an impressive comeback in 2016, the Australian swimmer is already planning for her fourth Paralympics.

A wheelchair basketball exhibition has opened at the House of Basketball.

The exhibition stands alongside 40,000 objects representing basketball’s rich history.