PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Dutch T44 athlete will aims for success in the long jump, 100m and 200m at the IPC Athletics European Championships.

A Dutch swimmers celebrates winning gold at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

5 male and female athletes in British jerseys stand and sit (in wheelchairs) next to each others in front of a black wall. Behind them is the logo: Swansea 2014. It's coming. Be part of it.

Following interest from the Commonwealth Games, ticket sales for the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships are fast selling out.

Maddison Elliott

The 2014 Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships will feature a host of top stars, with swimmers competing from a total of 19 countries.

Swimmers start a backstroke race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Day two at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships in Eindhoven, the Netherlands, will feature the debut of the mixed 4x50 freestyle relay 20 points.

A British swimmer is filmed on completed a race a the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

The reaction from athletes including Netherland’s Chantalle Zijderveld, gold medal winner in a new European record time.

Rio event block

Initiative aims to promote Olympic and Paralympic values to youngsters

A group of four players in wheelchairs - two per side - fight for the ball during a wheelchair rugby match.

Semi-final hopes are on the line for many teams on the second day ofthe IWRF World Championships in Odense, Denmark

Male swimmers start a race at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships

Great Britain won three gold medals in the morning session at the Eindhoven 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

A swimmer wearing goggles laid on his back in the water at the start of a race.

Russia won three European swimming titles in Eindhoven on Tuesday evening with Dmitrii Kokarev and Dmitry Grigorev breaking records.