PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Matt Skelhon

Great Britain’s world champion "expecting" to become a double Paralympic champion at Rio 2016.

Cockroft visited the Rio 2016 headquarters during a trip to the Paralympic Games host city

Multiple world and Paralympic champion will compete in racing wheelchair named after friend who passed away last year

Man in wheelchair throwing a ball

Great Britain’s No. 2 David Smith dropped his first round in the BC1.

Man on horse riding in a stadium

Sport Week: Classification in para-equestrian

Two men in white jerseys waving to the crowd

British tandem close 2016 World Championships in style, make case for Rio 2016 Paralympics.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Equestrian

Get to know how a rider and his/her horse connect to compete for Paralympic medals.

Image of a wheelchair racer

The Netherlands’ World and European champion Kenny Van Weeghel leads the way in Dubai as records fall in the field.

Woman targetting with a bow

The Italian won the world title in the women’s compound, and hopes to build upon that at Rio 2016.

A man and a woman in racing wheelchairs, posing and showing an American and a South African flag

South Africa’s Ernst Van Dyk successfully defended his title with a new event record whilst the USA’s Tatyana McFadden was also record-breaking form.

three females running, one wearing green, one blue and one red

Double world champion Isis Holt of Australia provides us with this week’s #MusicMonday.