PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Logo ITTF European Championships Vejle Denmark

Ticket sales have opened for the event, which will feature more than 200 athletes across the region competing for European titles.

Australian Paralympic Committee (APC) logo

The Australian Paralympic Committee also appointed four new directors to their Board.

Paralympian Terezinha Guilhermina of Brazil runs with Usain Bolt of Jamaica as her guide during an exhibition in preparation for the Mano a Mano Athletics Challenge in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. In 2011, she was elected to the APC Executive Committee at the Guadalajara Parapan American Games.

The Brazilian sprinter is to set to dazzle Doha 2015 with her world class sprinting and colourful blindfolds.

Seyed Erfan Hosseini Liravi

Iran will look to make noise in the field events with defending Paralympic champions highlighting the 19-person roster.

Medal ceremony at the Wheelchair Fencing World Championships in Eger Hungary.

Russia’s Alexander Lugotenko adds the foil category C title to his collection from the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships.

Sir Philip Craven was among the first passengers on the Rio 2016 Celebrate Literature train.

Ahead of the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, close to USD 1 million will be spent making many major tourist attractions accessible for all.

An wheelchair racer shouts out after crossing the finish line in first place.

The Flying Finn is the man to beat over 100m at Doha 2015

Four athletes at the medal ceremony.

China’s Xu Feng Zou followed up her epee win with gold in the sabre at the IWAS Wheelchair Fencing World Championships.

The Great Britain team celebrate after winning the wheelchair rugby final match between Great Britain and Sweden at the 2015 European Championship in Pajulahti, Finland.

Sweden were unable to defend their title, as the British took a one-point victory.

The Netherlands’ Frank Hosmar

The Netherlands top European powerhouse Great Britain in the medals tables at the Championships.