PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![David Weir of Great Britain](/sites/default/files/images/151001082935045_david%2Bweir.jpg)
Five facts about…..Great Britain’s David Weir
Learn more about British wheelchair racer ahead of the Doha 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships.
![Jordanne Whiley](/sites/default/files/images/150914102059415_Jordanne%2BWhiley.jpg)
Recapping the month in para-sport: September 2015
Five World Championships wrapped up this month. Here is a quick rundown of what happened.
![Matt Stutzman, Lex Gillette, Melissa Stockwell, Nathan Adrian, Brad Snyder, Sanya Richards-Ross and Tatyana McFadden.](/sites/default/files/images/151002091616212_BP.jpg)
BP America names Rio 2016 Athlete Ambassadors
BP becomes first USOC partner to sponsor more Paralympians than Olympians.
![Woman in wheelchair with a basketball and a paddle in her hands](/sites/default/files/images/150930090109627_Alana%2BNichols_3.jpg)
Paralympic athletes attend Team Visa Summit
Five Paralympic athletes have been named as part of Team Visa Rio ahead of next year’s Paralympic Games.
![New Zealand Paralympic athletes Emma Foy, Mary Fisher, Laura Thompson, Sophie Pascoe and Michael Johnson pose for a photo during the Paralympics New Zealand Spirit of Gold campaign launch to mark '1 Year To Go' until Rio 2016 Paralympic Games](/sites/default/files/images/150908084711051_paralympics%2Bnew%2Bzealand.jpg)
Cadbury signs as Paralympics New Zealand signs third Major Partner in four weeks
Cadbury joins the ACC and Sanford who have signed to support Kiwi para-athletes ahead of Rio 2016.
![Benoit Huot of Canada](/sites/default/files/images/150929120351213_GettyImages-481323252.jpg)
Toronto 2015 venues given back to community
Legacy of Parapan Am Games continues at University of Toronto Scarborough.
![Two men shaking hands](/sites/default/files/images/150930133450808_215164_bigpicture.jpg)
David Haggerty elected ITF President
The USA native will succeed outgoing president Francesco Ricci Bitti.
![Taiki Morii](/sites/default/files/images/140118170547666_1239733_1408905496022614_1678657126_n.jpg)
Morii not hanging up his skis just yet
Due to enter his 13th season in 2015-16, Morii has unfinished business and is looking ahead to 2018.
![US sprinter Jarryd Wallace wins the men's 200m T44 World Championships race.](/sites/default/files/images/150517135433886_Jarryd%2BWallace.jpg)
USA name strong team for Doha 2015
The team will consist of 84 athletes, including four guides, for the event which takes place between 21-31 October.
![Hannah Cockroft of Great Britain wins the Women's 100m T34 during the Diamond League at Alexander Stadium on August 24, 2014 in Birmingham, England.](/sites/default/files/images/150526115504298_hannah%2Bcockroft.jpg)
Cockroft says first defeat was a wake-up call
The British multi world and Paralympic champion suffered her first defeat in the T34 class for seven years last weekend.