PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A picture of man fixing up a wheelchair

Ottobock will continue to serve as a worldwide Paralympic partner for the IPC through the Rio 2016 Games.

Markus Rehm

On the first night of athletics, Germany’s Markus Rehm won the long jump F42/44 and Ireland’s Jason Smyth cruised in his 100m T13 heat.

Margaret Maughan lights the Cauldron

Due to a record-breaking day in terms of visits to Paralympic.org, the IPC will temporarily shut down the livestream player overnight on Thursday (30 August).

Mark Colbourne

Great Britain’s Mark Colbourne rocked the velodrome with gold in the individual pursuit C1.

Kevin Evans gets ready to fire at London 2012

Quarter-final places were decided in the men’s and women’s recruve W1/W2.

Natalie Du Toit

An exciting line-up beckons for an action-packed day at the Aquatics Centre.

Jonas Jacobsson

Great British shooters looking to de-thrown the king of shooting from Sweden on the second day of competition.

A group picture of soccer player

Captain David Clarke grabs the equaliser for the hosts.

Goalball

Lithuania confirm their position as the men's team to beat with another big win.

Hannah Cockroft set a new Paralympic record in the women's 100m - T34 at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

With 11 gold medals up for grabs, the morning session kicked-off with an impressive start: four world records were broken.