PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a Para badminton player goes for a shot

Poland’s top Para badminton player hopes success can inspire others.

a group of para athletes celebrate their victories

Athletics and swimming dominate headlines in the Paralympic Movement.

a man uses skies and poles to get across the snow

US Para skier balancing classes and training as he heads towards PyeongChang 2018.

a group of athletes competing in Para sport and showing off their medals

First Parapans to be staged in same city as Pan American Games

three men stand on the podium with their medals

Nearly 300 athletes competing at first Junior Worlds.

Patrick Mayrhofer of Austria

Austrian world Para snowboard champion explains why his sport is one to watch at Winter Paralympics.

Liesette Bruinsma - Rio 2016

Dutch swimmer tries not to take herself too seriously

A general view of the Olympic Stadium at the London 2012 Olympic Park.

Bulgaria’s Stoyanov among 4 more teams confirmed for Championships

A female Para athlete celebrates after her race

Cuban sprinter returns from 3-year break to win 3 Parapan titles at Toronto 2015.

Tevaughn Thomas and Usain Bolt

Jamaican Para athlete aims to become junior world champion 15 years after his hero.