PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

A swimmers emerges from the water to begin a stroke

Four-time European champion Andrew Mullen has set his sights on improving on his 50m backstroke silver from the 2013 Worlds.

Portrait of smiling man wearing a basecap showing his bronze medal to the camera.

Shooting legend Michael Johnson and newcomer Phillip Skinner make up the small but perfectly formed team heading to Poland and Turkey in 2015.

A general view of the action during the Wheelchair Rugby Bronze medal match between Denmark and Australia at the 2014 Invictus Games in London, Great Britain

Federation commits to working with other variants of wheelchair rugby

Goalball China X Iran - London 2012

November’s event in Algiers could see a men’s and women’s African side qualify for the Rio 2016 Paralympics Games

Walid Ktila of Tunisia won all four of the events he took part in over the three days of track and field action at the Rades Athletics Stadium.

Following the conclusion of the event in Tunisia, the IPC Athletics Grand Prix now heads to Beijing, China.

FEI Para-Equestrian Forum

Event took place in Essen, Germany, attracting over 100 people from 22 countries.

Grigoris Polychronidis

London 2012 Paralympic boccia champion hopes Greece can land gold in Spain

An ice sledge hockey player skates up to his teammate to celebrate.

The US Paralympic gold medallist in ice sledge hockey picks out which team he thinks could be contenders ahead of April’s World Championships A-Pool in Buffalo, New York.

Margo Mountjoy

The IOC Medical Commission Games Group member will present on IOC recommendations on the importance of athlete protection against harassment and abuse in sport.

Santiago 2014

One year on from the first-ever Para-South American Games what impact did they have on the Americas Paralympic Movement