PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

USA's LTA4+ rowing team at the 2015 World Rowing Championships.

After a silver at the 2015 Worlds, the USA’s LTA4+ boat are confident they can contend for gold at the Rio 2016 Paralympics.

Rio 2016 preview: Women’s up to 55kg

Do not miss Mexico’s Amalia Perez, one of the most established names in powerlifting.

Heinrich Popow of Germany

A number of world and European records fell at the weekend, as athletes start to peak ahead of next month’s Paralympic Games.

Raymond Martin of the United States competes in the men's 100m T52 heats at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

The US T52 racer heads to his second Paralympics aiming to win three gold medals.

Benin National Paralympic Committee (NPC) has organised a total of three Paralympic days in different regions to develop para-sport in the country.

The West African country will launch their third project to promote Para sports in November 2016, thanks to the support of the Agitos Foundation.

Rio 2016 preview: Men’s up to 65kg

After a strong Paralympic debut, China’s Peng Hu is the one to out-lift at Rio 2016.

Rio 2016 preview: R5 (mixed 10m air rifle prone SH2)

Ukranian Vasyl Kovalchuk has the most momentum heading into Rio as he seeks to defend his Paralympic title.

An wheelchair racer shouts out after crossing the finish line in first place.

The USA’s Jarryd Wallace and Finland’s Leo-Pekka Tahti explain how to get the best out of the shortest spring in track and field.

A picture of a woman with a gold medal around her neck

The British superstar reflects on the rest of the field as she nears her third Paralympic Games.

Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil runs with Usain Bolt of Jamaica as her guide during an exhibition in preparation for the Mano a Mano Athletics Challenge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2011, she was elected to the APC Executive Committee at the Guadalajara Parapan American Games.

She trained with Usain Bolt last year, but how did the Brazilian T11 sprinter get into the sport she has dominated in recent years?