PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Noam Gershony

Esther Vergeer, Shingo Kunieda and Noam Gershony all took home first-place trophies in their respective singles classes at the British Open.

A picture of a girl jumping into a pool

In one of their final London 2012 Swimming tune-ups, Canada’s Amber Thomas and USA’s Jessica Long found success at the Can-Am Championships.

Alex Zanardi

Former Formula 1 driver Alex Zanardi of Italy explains how handcycling was like meeting the woman of his dreams after having both of his legs amputated.

Justin Everson

At the World Challenge in Sydney, Australia's men's Wheelchair Basketball team beat Great Britain for gold and the women defeated Germany for the prize.

A picture of man in a wheelchair playing tennis

No. 8 Michael Jeremiasz recorded a three-set victory over No. 1 Stephane Houdet to advance to the Wheelchair Tennis British Open semi-finals.

USA men's Wheelchair Basketball

In a pre-Paralympics test series, USA’s men’s Wheelchair Basketball won the best-of-three series against Canada.

Andrew Lapthorne

Andy Lapthorne and Jamie Burdekin gave impressive performances on Wednesday to advance to the quad singles semi-finals at the British Open.

Jody Cundy

Jody Cundy, as well as Sarah Storey, both swimmers turned cyclists, will look to repeat as Paralympic champions for Great Britain at London 2012.

Maikel Scheffers.

With less than seven weeks until the start of the London 2012 Paralympic Games, the Netherlands' Maikel Scheffers looks to win his third British Open title.

Oz Sanchez competing

With eight days of Para-Cycling events at London 2012 , here's a quick guide for what spectators should look out for each day.