PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Afag Sultanova

The world’s top visually impaired judokas will compete at the state-of-the art US Olympic Training Centre.

A picture of man ready for the start of his swimming race

The host nation will send 16 athletes to August’s IPC Swimming European Championships.

Ellie Simmonds

In Eindhoven, stars such as Ellie Simmonds and Ollie Hynd will be joined by up-and-coming Steph Slater and Amy Marren.

Andy Avellana of the Philippines jumps over the bar in the men's high jump.

The Filipino is looking to win the PT2 class at the upcoming Para-Triathlon Asian Championships.

German wheelchair tennis player Sabine Ellerbrock

The world’s top-ranked players Sabine Ellerbrock and Shingo Kunieda will both try to contest Roland Garros titles in June.

Canada's wheelchair curling team

Nominees for the honour include: Russia and USA’s ice sledge hockey teams, Canada’s wheelchair curling team and Nordic relay squads from Russia and Sweden.

British swimmer Stephanie Slater comes up for a breath of air.

Find out which British swimmers clocked qualifying times for this year’s IPC Swimming European Championships.

Tatyana McFadden, a wheelchair racer, crosses the Boston Marathon finish line

Tatyana McFadden and Ernst Van Dyk won their second and 10th Boston Marathon victories, respectively.

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Around 15,000 tickets are available for the 2014 IPC Athletics European Championships in Swansea this August.

Russian ice sledge hockey player Dmitry Lisov takes his silver medal in stride on the ice at the Sochi 2014 Paralympics.

We learned a lot about ice sledge hockey’s player personalities at Sochi 2014, so take a minute to reflect and find out who you are most similar to.