PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Swimming | Women's 200m IM SM11 final | Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/uSTEbIqahinkXI1n3HKTUY0GWoWWp5eO_Fqj1JQeBM8.jpg?itok=z_dluHA3)
Teenage talent Bruinsma targets first world titles
Dutch swimmer Liesette Bruinsma left Rio 2016 with two Paralympic titles and now wants more gold medals in Mexico City.
![Judo competitions for athletes aged between 12-21 took place at the Sao Paulo 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170323123810727_Sao%2BPaulo%2Bjudo.jpg)
SP2017: Judokas take centre stage on fourth day
With judokas in every men's and wome's events, Brazil are hoping to perform a clean sweep at the Youth Parapan American Games on Thursday (23 March).
![Australia's Chris Bond pushes down the court as USA's Josh Brewer reaches for the ball](/sites/default/files/images/160918215616140_Bogetti-Smith_Rio%2BParalympics_Rugby%2B18_20160918_0022.jpg)
Historic partnership marks 500 days to 2018 Worlds
GIO will be the official naming sponsor of next year’s wheelchair rugby World Championships.
![Sao Paulo 2017 - high jump](/sites/default/files/images/170322130525694_Sao%2Bpaulo.jpg)
SP2017: Second action-packed day set to begin
Eleven sports will be contested on Wednesday (22 March) at the Youth Parapans, with medals being decided in athletics, powerlifting, swimming and table tennis.
![A young Para table tennis player](/sites/default/files/images/170322150227475_Elias%2BRomero%2Bedit.jpg)
Romero hopes Sao Paulo 2017 can give his career a boost
The Argentinian table tennis player, who won silver at Buenos Aires 2013, believes competing at the fourth Youth Parapans will help him grow as a person and an athlete.
![Malle, Belgium, will host 2017 Para dance sport World Championships](/sites/default/files/images/161212101608020_dance.jpg)
Para dance sport 2017 competition calendar announced
Two events will be held in Asia prior to the season-ending World Championships in October.
![Mexican brothers Raul and Juan Gutierrez made history on 21 March, by becoming the two first medal winners at the 2017 Youth Parapan American Games.](/sites/default/files/images/170321220718197_Sao%2BPaulo%2Bbrothers.jpg)
Gutierrez brothers celebrate at Sao Paulo 2017
Mexican swimmers Raul and Juan won gold and silver, respectively on 21 March, becoming the two first medal winners of the Youth Parapans.
![Wheelchair Fencing icon - Rio 2016](/sites/default/files/images/161020110337442_fencing.jpg)
Gilliver strikes double gold in Pisa
The British wheelchair fencer was among the Rio 2016 medallists to record their first wins of the season.
![Logo International Blind Sports Federation (IBSA)](/sites/default/files/images/161021115132121_IBSAlogo.jpg)
IBSA promotes football 5 in Ghana
A project was initiated to create a sustainable and viable programme for the sport in the East African nation.
![Swedish ice sledge hockey team at the IPC Ice Sledge Hockey World Championships B-Pool 2015 in Ostersund.](/sites/default/files/images/150320182941395_IPC%2BIce%2BSledge%2BHockey%2BWorld%2BChampionships%2B2015%2BB-Pool_429.jpg)
SHL, NPC Sweden form new partnership
The two will collaborate to develop Para ice hockey in the country.