PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

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Australia’s cycling Paralympic champion Carol Cooke says she would not change her multiple sclerosis diagnosis because it has made her the person she is today.

Logo for INAS Global ID Sports Week

The Global ID Sports Week is a week-long celebration of sport for athletes with intellectual disability.

Jonato Santos Machado of Brazil and Pablo Molina Lopez of Argentina during the Gold Medal match at the Toronto 2015 Parapan American Games.

What you need to know about the four sport classes in this Paralympic sport.

participans at the meeting

Nine countries met with the Sport Technical Committee in Moscow, Russia, to speak about competitions, equipment and officials.

Women on bench screaming of joy

Coach of Chinese world champion and Paralympic silver medallist Yujiao Tan believes she has at least 10 years of competition left.

Tomas Hjert. Both players have been named to the IPC's Ones to Watch list for the next Paralympic cycle.

The Swedish wheelchair rugby team, led by Tomas Hjert, look to improve on their sixth-place finish from London 2012.

Beatrice Vio

Italian wheelchair fencer wins eleventh consecutive title

a female from Australia competing in a wheelchair with green and yellow clothes and a white helmet

The Australian T53 athlete believes last year’s Grand Prix in Nottwil, where she broke the 400m world record, was a turning point in her sporting career.

Tickets for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Tickets will now start to be distributed to fans around the world

Marlou van Rhijn celebrates after winning the womens 200m T44 final during day three of the IPC Athletics European Championships at Swansea

The Dutch blade runner has set three worlds at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix in Switzerland in the last two years.