PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Stefan Lokhoff

The Netherlands, Brazil and Ukraine will compete this weekend at the International CP Tournament in Groesbeek.

A picture of a man on the starting block

The sixth IPC Athletics Grand Prix of the season will see 341 athletes from 32 countries gather in Italy.

Athletes pose for a podium shot.

New Zealand’s high-performance para-cycling programme is launching new medallists every year.

A picture of a woman in a wheelchair shooting between two defenders during a wheelchair basketball match.

The Canadian wheelchair basketball player gives fans a quick glance at her schedule in the lead-up to this summer’s big event.

A man paddles in a canoe.

Find out which athletes are on top form heading into the summer’s World Championships.

Siamand Rahman Dubai 2014

The reigning World Champion reveals it was intervention by his coaches which prevented him from going further at the 2014 IPC Powerlifting World Championships, but that he will go for 300kg at the Incheon 2014 Asian Para Games.

Wheelchair racer crosses the finish line

So determined is Dutch wheelchair racer Stefan Rusch to retain his sprint titles that he is putting his 21st birthday celebrations on hold this Saturday (31 May) to compete in the Dutch National Championships.

Underwater shot in a swimming pool. A swimmer is photographed from below.

Three of China’s best swimmers Qing Xu, Tao Zheng and Yang Yang speak about why the country is such a force in swimming ahead of the 2014 Incheon Asian Para Games.

A group of about 40 people pose for a photo after a workshop.

A workshop in Cameroon was held to explore how to increase the number of athletes from Africa in Paralympic sport with an intellectual impairment.

A para-triathlete closes his eyes as he crosses the finish line and raises the finish line banner up in the air.

More than 60 athletes from 17 countries raced across five classes in Besancon, France.