PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a male from Germany wearing red and black clothes competing in the long jump

Germany’s Paralympic, world and European champion Markus Rehm explains what it takes to jump over eight metres.

Two judoka on the mat

The 33-year-old judoka will become the first Uruguayan athlete to compete at three different Paralympic Games.

A group of male wheelchair rugby players battling for the ball

The two wheelchair rugby events are the first stages in qualification for the 2018 World Championships.

British Judo

The event will take place in Walsall, England, between 4 and 5 June.

Group of young people pose for photo

The new outfits from Adidas and Sioux will be worn during September’s Paralympic Games

General view of the Future Arena.

The Future Arena will host the goalball events at September’s Paralympic Games.

Rick Doerr

Rick Doerr, Brad Kendell and Hugh Freund make up the US three-person sonar class team that will compete at September’s Paralympic Games.

A taekwondo athlete kicks her female opponent

Russia’s Nazarenko moved up, while Iran’s Pourrahnamaahmad remained No. 1 in their respective categories following the Asian Open.

Ihar Boki competes at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

Dutch and Hungarian swimmers are also in line to double up on golds for their countries after going fastest in the heats at the swimming Euros in Funchal, Portugal.

Swimmer doing freestyle

World records for Ukraine’s Oksana Khrul and Russia’s Valeriia Shabalina close competition in Funchal, Portugal.