PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Georgina Hermitage of Great Britain celebrates winning the Women's 400m T37 race and breaking the world record at the 2015 IPC Athletics Grand Prix Final.

On day three of Grosseto 2016, British sprinter Georgina Hermitage smashes her own world record.

Two women in race suits on the track

Day three of the IPC Athletics European Championships in Grosseto, Italy, sees Russia’s Margarita Goncharova go for gold in two events, 24 hours after winning the 200m T38 in world record time.

Table tennis player in action

Table tennis is one of the most widely participated sports around the world.

Podium with three men in wheelchairs, celebrating

Russia's Paralympic medallist Aleksei Kuznetsov added to Russia's gold medal haul with a world record on day three.

Swimmers compete in a backstroke event.

A further 19 world records were broken, including three in other Paralympic events, in Berlin, Germany, between 10-12 June.

Great Britain's Jack Rutter - Football 7-a-side

Fourteen footballers, including two returning from London 2012, will compete in September’s Games.

Chad Perris runs in the IPC Athletics Grand Prix Ambulant 100m heats during the Queensland Track Classic.

Australia’s athletics two-time world medallist says he wants to use his time at Rio 2016 to help bring awareness and equality to people with albinism.

Man being filmed by a smartphone

Straight from the mixed zone, here is what the athletes had to say at the IPC Athletics European Championships at the end of their event.

Man during a high jump

Straight from the mixed zone, here is what the athletes had to say at the IPC Athletics European Championships at the end of their event.

Podium with 3 women holding flowers

Poland’s Arleta Meloch smashed the 800m T20 world record on the second morning (Sunday 12 June) of the 2016 IPC Athletics European Championships, taking the world record tally in Grosseto, Italy, to five so far.