To help understand classification, we take a closer look at how it works in wheelchair dance sport.
Sitting Volleyball
Rwanda will be the first African women’s sitting volleyball team to participate in a Paralympic Games after winning the regional crown.
Swimming
After winning seven golds at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships, Brazilian Daniel Dias is now gearing up for Toronto 2015.
Canada
The home team has named a team of 216 athletes for Toronto 2015 which gets underway on 7 August.
Cycling
Luca Mazzone, Vittorio Podesta and Alessandro Zanardi amongst the gold medallists in Nottwil, Switzerland.
Asian, European, world and Paralympic champion swimmers helped deliver the IPC’s educational programme at the IPC Powerlifting Asian Open Championships.
Taekwondo
Record participation expected for first WTF World Para-Taekwondo Championships since Paralympic inclusion.
Rio 2016
Many of the world’s best para-triathletes will be Brazil for the test event ahead of next year’s Paralympic Games.
Cycling
The second day of competition in Nottwil, Switzerland, also saw medal success for cyclists from Great Britain, China and Canada.
Para dance sport
The European singles champion explains how and why wheelchair dancesport became the focus of his life.