PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Swimmer with yellow swimp cap jumps of the blocks.

Brazil’s Daniel Dias, the USA’s Jessica Long, Norway’s Sarah-Louise Rung and Belarusian Ihar Boki all qualified fastest at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.

Para-cyclist on a bike.

Coming off a World Cup victory in Switzerland, the C2 cyclist is preparing for the Road Worlds later in July.

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The athlete tested positive for a prohibited substance after competing at March’s FAZZA Powerlifting Championships.

Sitting volleyball

The competition is the sport’s last qualifying event for Rio 2016.

Wheelchair tennis player David Hall is inducted into the Australian Tennis Hall of Fame at the 2015 Australian Open. In March 2015, he has also been inducted into the International Tennis Hall of Fame.

The Australian Paralympic champion will be joined by two other tennis legends to receive the highest honor in the sport.

Impossible

With Brazil passing a new law that will transform the lives of millions of people with an impairment, are the Paralympics now the world’s number one sporting event for delivering societal change?

A intellectually impaired swimmer finishes a race

Friday’s (17 July) finals could prove to be the most successful yet for the hosts.

Brazilian athletes at the Guadalajara 2011 Parapan American Games.

The Paralympic host country expects to field the largest delegation at August’s Parapan American Games.

Two women on the floor, practising judo

European countries can obtain ranking points toward allocation slots to Rio 2016.

Swimmer with blue swim cap jumps off the start block.

Russia also take a relay title and set three world records on day five at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships.