PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

a group of women raise their arms in celebration

Team wins country’s first gold medal at World Youth Championships

a female wheelchair racer crosses the finish line

US wheelchair racer wins an astonishing seventh consecutive Chicago Marathon

a group of male and female sitting volleyball players celebrate

Ukraine have to settle for silver in both men’s and women’s competitions

a male Para snowboarder

Dutch teenager to get first taste of competitive action in Landgraaf

a group of four judokas stand smiling on the podium

Hosts win eight of 12 events at Asian-Oceanian Championships

Four male wheelchair fencers pose with their swords

Wheelchair fencers Beatrice Vio and Edoardo Giordan inspire double gold for the host nation.

Four male wheelchair fencers pose with their swords

Emanuele Lambertini and Yu Chui Yee come through for their respective teams

Male alpine sit skier races down a mountain

Teenage sensation wins on home snow at first Europa Cup in Landgraaf

Man in wheelchair on a podium, celebrating

South Korean Geunsoo Kim also squeezes out narrow win

Jonnie and Oti Salsa on Week 7 of Strictly Come Dancing 2017

British sprinter says people are viewing 'disabled people as cool'