Here are five potential headliners that could come out from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Wheelchair Basketball
Here is a brief rundown of the tournaments taking place ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.
Blind Football
The Beijing 2008 blind football silver medallists feel ‘prepared to beat anyone’ at September’s Paralympic Games, including powerhouse Brazil.
Athletics
26 medals will be decided on the final day (Thursday 16 June) of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, as Russia look to confirm their place at the top of medals table.
Canoe
Reigning men’s KL2 world champion Curtis McGrath will lead the six-person roster into September’s Games.
Table Tennis
Para table tennis was one of the original eight Paralympic sports that featured in Rome 1960.
Athletics
The penultimate session of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships saw a world record in the field.
Cycling
Sarah Storey and Jody Cundy will spearhead the 15-strong British Para cycling team at September’s Paralympic Games.
IPC Medical Committee member Nick Webborn has been awarded an OBE in the British Queen’s birthday honours list.
Athletics
Great Britain’s women’s sprint relay quartet stormed home to a new world record out on the track on the final day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy (Thursday 16 June).
