PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Paralympic champion Cuiping Zhang also helped her team to a new world record in Osijek, Croatia, a Paralympic qualifier.

Ukraine's Vasyl Kovalchuk took gold ahead of Finnish world champion Minna Leinonen at a 2015 IPC Shooting World Cup.

Athletes from 48 countries – the most ever at a World Cup – will line-up for the first Paralympic qualifier of 2015.

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The Japanese pay TV broadcaster will produce a number of documentaries following the journey of para-athletes ahead of Tokyo 2020.

Olga Sviderska, Ukraine

Ukrainian defending seven world titles at the 2015 IPC Swimming Worlds from 13 July.

Chloe Davies and Amy Marren

The youngster returned to the pool to mark 10 years since London won the right to stage the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

A para-triathlete closes his eyes as he crosses the finish line and raises the finish line banner up in the air.

The German para-triathlete has dominated the men’s PT4 category, looks to show form ahead of World Finals.

London’s former Olympic Stadium

The IPC Athletics Grand Prix final will be held on Sunday 26 July.

Great Britain's Hannah Cockroft on her way to a new 200m T34 world record in Nottwil, Switzerland in May 2014.

Unbeaten in seven years, here is what the world’s best T34 wheelchair racer does on an average day.

2016 IPC Swimming European Open Championships in Funchal, Portugal

The competition, the last major gathering of athletes ahead of Rio 2016, will run from 30 April-7 May.

Under the slogan “Now Dream, Tomorrow Paralympian!” 56 athletes with impairments and coaches from 10 different countries were invited, including Ecuador, Malaysia, Morocco, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Rwanda, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

Young athletes from developing nations around the world attended the sports camp.