PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Sascha Kindred](/sites/default/files/images/130428101613302_5M3A3020.jpg)
Kindred seeks further Paralympic swimming glory
With 100 days to go, Great Britain’s swimming multiple Paralympic champion aims for top finish at Rio 2016.
![Lorenzo Perez Escalona](/sites/default/files/images/160530095346211_Lorenzo%2BPerez%2BEscalona2.jpg)
Perez Escalona ready to take on Rio 2016
Cuba’s 100m freestyle S6 world record holder is hoping to become his country’s first swimming Paralympic gold medallist in history.
![Dmitrios Bakochristos](/sites/default/files/images/160530103728504_7742_804596916233564_125178364_n.jpg)
Bakochristos aims for gold at Rio 2016
The Greek powerlifter is hoping to top the podium at his first Paralympic Games, this September.
![President of the IPC Sir Philip Craven](/sites/default/files/images/160307093121905_Sir%2BPhilip%2BCraven.jpg)
IPC President: “Rio 2016 will be the best ever in terms of athletic performance”
To mark 100 days to go until September’s Paralympic Games, Sir Philip Craven has said he expects athletes to raise the bar and put a smile back on the faces of Brazilian people.
![Luis Perez Diaz of Puerto Rico, fighting against Robert Kim of USA in the men's -66kg judo at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/150813085327877_66KG%2BPEREZ%2BDIAZ%2528PUR%2529-KIM%2528USA%2529-3394.jpg)
Sport week: Introduction to judo
The sport will make its eighth Paralympic appearance in 2016.
Italy’s Boni set to make his Paralympic swimming debut
With 100 days to go, Italy’s world and European record holder dreams of winning a Paralympic medal at Rio 2016.
![Rawat Tana](/sites/default/files/images/160530070007078_30%2Bmay%2B2016.jpg)
#MusicMonday with Thailand’s Rawat Tana
The T54 racer impressed at last year’s World Championships but is his musical taste equally as impressive?
![Paralympic swimmer Joana Neves](/sites/default/files/images/160527072857711_sticker.jpg)
Rio 2016 sticker album launched
A number of leading Brazilian Paralympians feature in the new album which will go on sale on Friday 3 June.
![Mary Fisher](/sites/default/files/images/160527071834686_Mary%2BFisher_0.jpg)
Superhero Sundays: Mary Fisher
The New Zealand standout swimmer talks about three people who she looks up to.
![Swimmer Sabine Weber-Treiber, track athlete Gunther Matzinger and canoeist Markus Swoboda](/sites/default/files/images/160527105851984_NPC%2BAustria%2BPresentation.jpg)
Austria’s Rio 2016 kit launched
Swimmer Sabine Weber-Treiber, track athlete Gunther Matzinger and canoeist Markus Swoboda attended the presentation of the kit on 24 May.