PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Richard Browne and Jonnie Peacock

During 47 days of sensational athletics, five athletes took leg amputee sprinting to a whole new level smashing eight world records.

Cycling track

World's best track cyclists will compete in Aguascalientes this April.

Toronto 2015 Colombia workshop

Nearly all National Paralympic Committees from the Americas region attend first of three sessions aimed at building a stronger Paralympic Movement ahead of Parapans and Rio 2016.

Biathlon short distance highlights - 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships Solleftea

Russian Nordic Skiers Mikhalina Lysova and Roman Petushkov showed their incredible medal potential at the 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Championships in Solleftea, Sweden.

Jiri Jezek and Carol-Eduard Novak on podium

At the 2013 UCI Para-Cycling World Championships Romania’s Carol-Eduard Novak’s beat one of the most acclaimed Paralympic cyclists, Jiri Jezek of the Czech Republic, putting a spotlight on the pair’s rivalry.

Day 6 - biathlon - 2013 IPC Nordic World Cup (Canmore)

Russia’s Akzhana Abdikarimova, Alexey Bychenok, Aleksandr Pronkov and Aleksei Toropov all picked up their first spots on the podium in the long distance biathlon race at the 2013 IPC Nordic Skiing World Cup (Canmore).

Roman Rabl

Sit-skiers Claudia Loesch, Roman Rabl, Philipp Bonadimann and Andreas Kampfinger, as well as standing skiers Danja Haslacher, Marcus Salcher and Martin Wuerz all picked up medals at the 2013 IPC Alpine Skiing Europa Cup in Pitztal, Germany.

Canada’s ice sledge hockey team captain Greg Westlake.

Canada’s ice sledge hockey team won their first world title since 2008, in addition to winning the Sochi 2014 Test Event and World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Jason Maroney at Alicante 2013 landscape

Australian shooter on how he got into competitive shooting and how it helped him move on with his life.

Paralympics Ireland non-executive directors

For the first time, Paralympics Ireland welcomes board members independent from the member organisations.