PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Woman during a long jump

The 100m T42 world champion talks about one of the worse moments of her career that turned out to also be one of her best.

A picture of a man pushing a smal ball with a metal arm hooked to his head

The defending BC3 Paralympic gold medallist won his second round and looks to advance from his pool.

A picture of a blind person shooting the ball in a football match

The football 5-a-side standout has noticed the sport evolving, and Brazil will feel those effects in the Paralympics.

Two sledge hockey players fighting for the puk

Ice sledge hockey players from Japan will be joined by athletes from the other participating countries at the 2016 Pan Pacifics.

Picture of a man throwing a javelin

The Paralympic medallist was recognised for his project ‘Get started with Branimir Budetic.’

Group of men running on an indoor

Four INAS records were also broken in Ancona, Italy.

Matt Skelhon

Great Britain’s world champion "expecting" to become a double Paralympic champion at Rio 2016.

Cockroft visited the Rio 2016 headquarters during a trip to the Paralympic Games host city

Multiple world and Paralympic champion will compete in racing wheelchair named after friend who passed away last year

Man in wheelchair throwing a ball

Great Britain’s No. 2 David Smith dropped his first round in the BC1.

Man on horse riding in a stadium

Sport Week: Classification in para-equestrian