PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

IPC President Sir Philip Craven was joined by the family of Para cyclist Bahman Golbarnezhad on a visit to the athlete's tomb.

Over the weekend Sir Philip visited Shiraz and a new Paralympic training centre in Isfahan.

Hongzhuan Zhou of China competes at the Women's 800m - T53 Final during day 10 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

The T53 racer will line up at this week’s Beijing World Para Athletics Grand Prix.

China - wheelchair tennis - World Team Cup

After a surprising victory in Italy, China became just the third nation other than the Netherlands to win the wheelchair tennis World Team Cup.

Egypt - powerlifting

Nadia Ali and Randa Mahmoud won the women´s up to 86kg and over 86kg, respectively, at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup on Sunday.

Helgi Sveinsson broke his own javelin F42 world record at the 2017 World Para Athletics Grand Prix in Italy.

The Icelandic thrower was the star performer at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix with a distance of 59.77m.

Mexico's Amalia Perez competing at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Eger, Hungary.

The Mexican topped the podium at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Eger, Hungary.

A picture of a man in a wheelchair playing tennis

France will face Great Britain and the Netherlands will meet China in the men’s and women’s finals at the wheelchair tennis event in Alghero, Italy.

Egypt's Mohamed Elelfat in action at the 2017 World Para Powerlifting World Cup in Eger, Hungary.

On Saturday at the World Para Powerlifting World Cup, Egyptian athletes won three out of four events.

The APC held a Co-ordination Commission with the organisers of Lima 2019 in May 2017.

Fruitful meetings took place in the Peruvian city from 3-5 May, with the APC and Lima 2019 discussing improvements ahead of the Parapan Ams.

Hongzhuan Zhou of China competes at the Women's 800m - T53 Final during day 10 of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

The T53 racer won two Paralympic titles at Rio 2016 and is hoping for more success at London 2017.