PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Sophie Pascoe competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM10 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow.

The New Zealand swimmer will go for gold in three events but is aware of the competition ahead of her.

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The sport will make its Paralympic debut at Rio 2016 and will be contested at Fort Copacabana between 10 and 11 September.

Ilse Hayes RSA and Kym Crosby USA compete in the Heat 2 of the Women's 100m - T13 at the Olympic Stadium.

Seven gold medals were decided on Saturday (10 September) morning in a thrilling session of athletics action.

View on an empty stadium with a blue track

Ray Martin and Hannah Cockroft take centre stage, but the day’s biggest cheer could be at the judo for Brazil’s Antonio Tenorio.

Martin Schulz GER approaches the finish line to win the Gold Medal in the Men's PT4 Triathlon competition.

Andrew Lewis and Jetz Plat also collect honours in the sport’s Paralympic debut on a spectacular course on Copacabana beach.

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Casinos Sierra celebrating a victory

Four is not enough for the Spanish athlete who will compete in the men’s discus throw F11 at Rio Games.

Training programme takes place in Cape Verde with the help of a grant from the Agitos Foundation.

Gracelino Tavares Barbosa captured bronze in the men’s 400m T20 at Rio 2016 and said he “had never imagined this would happen”.

Veronika Vadovicova celebrates second gold medal win at Rio 2016

Women hold their nerve to get the job done on day of mixed competition at the Olympic Shooting Centre.

Algerian wheelchair basketball player Djamila Khemgani

Wheelchair basketball’s Djamila Khemgani helps a continent make Paralympic history.