PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

male wheelchair tennis player Nick Taylor plays a forehand on a hard court

US Paralympic champion recognised as a role model

female Para triathletes Christiane Reppe and Kelly Elmlinger racing in a hand-cycle and a wheelchair

Reppe and Elmlinger share challenges of switching to new sport

male Para dancer Ivan Sivak raises his arms in a wheelchair

Emotional motivation leads to first European gold

Luis Figo was among the attendants to the blind football training sessions in Kazakhstan

UEFA-backed training sessions held in Kazakhstan

Male boccia player throws red ball

Slovak boccia athlete motivated by rivals and teammates

Melissa Stockwell won bronze at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

How Para sports helped Melissa Stockwell

A man in a sledge playing Para ice hockey

What came out of the second C-Pool World Championships

three female snowboarders standing on the podium with their arms around eachother

Takeaways from season-openers in Dubai and Landgraaf

female judoka Alana Maldonado raises her arms to the ceiling in victory

Biggest Judo World Championships conclude in Portugal

male Para archer Marcel Pavlik pulls back an arrow ready to shoot

Para archer uses creative training strategies to become world’s best