PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Markus Rehm, single leg amputee extends his legs over the long jump pit

Germany's Markus Rehm edges closer to his ultimate goal, whilst Finland's Toni Piispanen had a better result earlier in the day.

Japan Air Self-Defense Force aerobatic demonstration team ‘Blue Impulse’ in action over the National Stadium and 40,000 fans.

The stadium will be demolished in July and a new National Stadium will be built ready for the 2020 Paralympic Games.

A picture of a black woman in a wheelchair serving during a wheelchair tennis match.

After reaching the semi-finals last year, Montjane is hoping for more success this year in Paris.

A visually impaired women and her guide running on the track of a stadium

La città di Grosseto ospiterà i Campionati Europei di atletica paralimpica del 2016, anno delle Paralimpiadi di Rio.

Abdi Jama

Four players will make their senior debuts at July's World Championships in Korea for Great Britain.

A visually impaired women and her guide running on the track of a stadium

2016 IPC Athletics European Championships will take place in Grosseto, Italy, less than three months before the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Athlete holding a rifle while practicing shooting.

A selection of reigning Paralympic, world and regional champions as well as up-and-coming athletes to follow at the 2014 IPC Shooting World Championships.

A picture of women running on a tracking field

Italian world champion Caironi hoping this weekend's Grand Prix can improve her form ahead of August's Europeans.

USA's ice sledge hockey team

Buffalo, New York, will host the eighth edition of the competition following the huge success of the sport at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

An ice sledge hockey player skates up to his teammate to celebrate.

The IPC’s Editorial Co-ordinator outlines some of the most insightful, funny and enlightening Paralympians in the world to interview.