PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Ricardo Costa de Oliveira of Brasil

Paralympics Ireland has announced an eight strong team for the IPC Athletics European Championships which are set to take place in Swansea, Great Britain, from 18-23 August.

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

Brit smashes world record by more than a second on Wednesday morning as home favourite Zijderveld wins gold with a European record.

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Meet the athletes in the "Are you Ready?" trailer

A picture of three men underwater

Nederlanders grijpen naast eremetaal.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up

Norway’s Sarah Louise Rung, Great Britain’s Eleanor Simmonds and the hosts’ very own Marc Evers and Marlou van der Kulk will all be in action on day three (6 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships.

Ihar Boki

At his first outing in Eindhoven, Belarusian Ihar Boki stormed to gold in 50m freestyle S3 – an event he has struggled with in the past.

Elodie Lorandi

A series of top-level women’s events will headline Thursday (7 August) at the 2014 IPC Swimming European Championships with world and Paralympic champions competing.

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A French player wearing blue collides with his German opponent during a wheelchair rugby game.

A semi-final spot is on the line when Canada meet Great Britain, in the highlight of Thursday's game in Odense, Denmark.

An aerial view of the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Construction across the four competition zones is progressing, with 55 per cent of venues now ready.