PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Great Britain's Ollie Hynd pumps his fist in the air after a top swim.

Ingrid Thunem, Jessica Long and Oliver Hynd all touched the wall in top times to open the International Deutsche Meisterschaft event.

A picture of a pool

Around 600 swimmers from 30 countries are set to compete in the 28th Internationale Deutsche Meisterschaft

An athlete carries Australia's flag through the stadium at the London 2012 Opening Ceremony.

The Australians have said they are aiming for a top-five finish at the next Paralympic Games.

Alexey Bugaev passes a slalom pole in a race in a tilted position

The sport of para-alpine skiing has an extremely bright future thanks to the number of youngsters competing at major international competitions and winning medals

Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon snowboards down the course at Sochi 2014.

Cecile Hernandez-Cervellon is already looking ahead to PyeongChang 2018 and snowboard’s new race format.

A picture of a blind woman running with her guide during an athletics race.

The third stage of the IPC Athletics Grand Prix series gets underway on Thursday (April 24) with the II Caixa Loterias Athletics Open Championships in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Terezinha Guilhermina and her guide run on the track of Lyon with the tribunes of the stadium in the backround

Around 430 leading athletes, including 110 from 15 countries outside of Brazil, will be in Sao Paulo this week (24-26 April) to compete in the Open Brasil Caixa Loterias Athletics and Swimming competitions.

Three members of USA's athletics team - Jarryd Wallace, David Prince and Jerome Singleton - pose for a photo.

Top names expected to compete at the event include Richard Browne, Jarryd Wallace, Raymond Martin and Tatyana McFadden.

Afag Sultanova

The world’s top visually impaired judokas will compete at the state-of-the art US Olympic Training Centre.

A picture of man ready for the start of his swimming race

The host nation will send 16 athletes to August’s IPC Swimming European Championships.