PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sarai Garcon competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM9 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

With 22 gold medals up for grabs, the opening day in Funchal, Portugal, will provide a thrilling start to the swimming European Championships.

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The new appointments will have a strategic oversight of London’s delivery of the World Athletics Championships.

Prince Harry poses with the USA's Tatanya Mcfadden and Switzerland's Marcel Hug after both won the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon.

Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during April.

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The Report highlights that there was a total of 1,693 ADRVs recorded in 2014, involving individuals from 109 nationalities and across 83 sports.

Swimmers launch into the pool

Big name athletes such as Brazil’s Daniel Dias, France’s Elodie Lorandi and the world’s fastest Paralympian, Ukraine’s Maksym Veraksa, will be in action from 1 May.

Man archer holds bow and arrows

Here are some of the para-archers to keep an eye on as they focus on the target at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Paralympics Ireland launched the third instalment of their powerful ‘More Than Sport’ campaign.

Keane, who will compete in the upcoming European Open Championships stars in the latest video from Paralympics Ireland.

Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.

Nearly 140 athletes from more than 35 countries will compete in Szczecin, Poland, from 1-4 May.

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Competition at the 2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships will get underway on Sunday (1 May).

Paralympic archer Matt Stutzman

Paralympic silver medallist Matt Stutzman is one of the most popular archers to watch heading into Rio 2016.