PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a female in black clothing and a black helmet riding a bicycle

These figures mark some significant moments in the para-triathlete’s road to Rio 2016.

Outside view of a venue

Carioca Arena 3, which will become a sport-focused high school, inaugurated to celebrate six months until the Paralympic Games.

Ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm and Barbara Daniels, a coach educator

Ice sledge hockey coach Tara Chisholm and Barbara Daniels, a coach educator talk about their experiences of WoMentoring.

Taiki Morii

Star-studded giant slalom and slalom field includes Japan’s Taiki Morii and Momoka Muraoka, and Russia’s Aleksei Bugaev and Valerii Redkozubov.

Man running on a blue track

Two Asian records were broken in Dubai, UAE, on the first day of competition at the 2016 IPC Athletics Asia-Oceania Championships

IPC President Sir Philip Craven speaks at the USOC 2016 Media Summit.

On the strength of unprecedented summer Paralympics coverage across NBC, NBC Sports Network, and TeamUSA.org, the global head of the Paralympic Movement believes the Games will be a major platform to further educate the U.S. about disabilities.

President of the IPC Sir Philip Craven

Today Monday 7 March marks six months to go until the Opening Ceremony of the Rio 2016 Paralympics, a Games that is vital for the continued growth of the Paralympic Movement.

The dominant force in men’s T52 wheelchair racing shares with us his three favourite tunes.

The dominant force in men’s T52 wheelchair racing shares with us his three favourite tunes.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Canoe

Everything you need to know about para-canoe, ahead of its Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.

Mohamed Hammadi

Home favourite and multiple world championship medallist Mohamed Hammadi eyes gold in the 200m T34.