PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Eleanor Simmonds - Rio 2016

Great Britain’s multiple Paralympic and world champion reflected on her third Paralympics and has set new goals.

Asian Paralympic Committee’s General Assembly

A clear mandate for change was called following the General Assembly; APC Awards winners were also announced.

No. 18 Decades-old swimming records tumble

The USA’s Bradley Snyder and Ukraine’s Anna Stetsenko both set historic world records at Rio 2016.

Logo of Ecuador Paralympic Committee.

He will serve for another four-year term, leading the organisation in the lead-up to the Lima 2019 Parapan Ams and the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games.

Mitchell Gourley - Sochi 2014 Winter Paralympic Games

National Paralympic Committees can nominate one athlete for the alpine skiing, snowboard and Nordic skiing athlete representative elections, to be held in 2017.

Claudia Loesch of Austria

World and Paralympic champions will ski slalom and giant slalom in Austria and Switzerland from 15 December.

No. 19 Sitting volleyball creates memorable moments

USA won their maiden title and Rwanda made a historical debut in the women’s event, whilst Iran’s men returned to Paralympic glory at Rio 2016.

Swimmer in the water, doing breaststroke

National newspaper El Espectador launched a poll on its website to choose Colombia’s best Para athlete of the year.

Pavlos Mamalos of Greece reacts with intense joy as he competes in the Men's -90 kg Powerlifting event.

The new Paralympic gold medallist reflects on Rio 2016 whilst looking ahead to the 2017 Worlds.

Manuel Pozzerle competes at the 2015 IPC Snowboard World Championships in La Molina, Spain.

The Italian snowboard-cross world champion celebrated the birth of his first daughter, but that meant he was not entirely ready for the start of the new Worlds season.