PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Great Britain's Aled Davies poses with his gold medal at the medal ceremony for the men's shot put F42 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships in Doha, Qatar.

Great Britain's Aled Davies shows he is in great form for Rio 2016 with a distance of 16.13m.

International Convention on Science, Education and Medicine in Sport (ICSEMIS)

Both deadlines for the sports science convention that takes place in Brazil before Rio 2016 have been moved to 31 May.

The Olympic Tennis Centre hosted the first competition in Barra Olympic Park.

The sport will be contested in the Olympic Tennis Centre during the Paralympic Games.

wheelchair rugby players

Eleven players from the 2015 European Championship team were selected to compete in September’s Paralympic Games.

Tarvisio, Italy, will host the 2017 IPC Alpine Skiing World Championships

The event was launched at a fashion show in the bay of Portopiccolo in Sistiana and is a major part of the build-up for the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

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The inaugural 2016 Canadian Sledge Hockey Championship will be held 13-15 May.

wheelchair basketball team

A blend of youth and experience will represent Great Britain in the sport at September’s Paralympic Games.

graphic with Terezinha Guilhermina

The T11 world record holder over 100m, 200m and 400m will be looking to add to her nine Paralympic medals at Rio 2016.

A blade runner crossers the finish line ahead of her rivals.

The world’s fastest female blade runner, the Netherlands’ Marlou van Rhijn explains what it is like to running on blades.

Ricardo Steinmetz Alves competes at the London 2012 Paralympic Games

Here are four players that are set to shine at September’s Paralympic Games.