PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS
![Man in a canoe in action](/sites/default/files/images/160801154924489_Canoe%2Bbrazil.jpg)
Brazil reveals canoe team for Rio 2016
Brazil selected five canoeists to compete at September’s Paralympic Games.
![Paralympic Sports A-Z: Triathlon](/sites/default/files/styles/video_crop_16_9/public/oembed_thumbnails/lrONmR09rBudBXheR9detgGysdo6Ew2jV0UlN4MQRO4.jpg?itok=jYYmFs2Z)
Sport Week: Introduction to Para triathlon
Rio 2016 will feature the first ever competition in Para triathlon.
![Pedro Pablo Vinatea](/sites/default/files/images/160527074406124_Para-Badminton%2B-%2BPedro%2BPablo%2BVinatea%2B-%2BSL%2B3.jpg)
Monthly preview: August 2016
With the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games fast approaching, check out the events that will headline this month in Para sport.
![The Zimbabwean para LTA coxed four training in Gavirate, Italy.](/sites/default/files/images/160614101200013_123661_8-LG-SD.jpg)
Sport Week: Rowing storylines to follow
Heading into the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, here are five storylines you should watch for.
![The team of Bosnia and Herzegovina celebrates after winning the gold in the Men's Sitting Volleyball competition at the London 2012 Paralympic Games.](/sites/default/files/images/151009091901884_bosnia.jpg)
Team spirit, unity key for Bosnia and Herzegovina
Safet Alibasic is among the members expected to return on the team that has been together through more than Paralympic Games.
![Pavlos Mamalos of Greece reacts with intense joy as he competes in the Men's -90 kg Powerlifting event.](/sites/default/files/images/121114160052039_151232635.jpg)
Pavlos Mamalos targets Rio 2016 gold
Greece´s two-time Paralympic powerlifting medallist is determined to top the podium for the first time, in Rio.
Para sport in review: July 2016
Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during July.
![Simon Patmore](/sites/default/files/images/160728070409717_Simon%2Bpatmore.jpg)
Patmore: My first time on a snowboard
The Australian switched from a successful career on the running track to Para snowboard and has already achieved success.
![Podium with 3 men](/sites/default/files/images/160114152226973_Igor%2BBondar%2Browing.jpg)
Sport Week: Ones to watch in rowing
Here are the six boats to keep tabs on when Para rowing hits the Rodrigo de Freitas Lake.
![Germany's Vivian Hosch](/sites/default/files/images/140124144344615_Vivian%2BHosch_0.jpg)
Training with German biathlete Vivian Hoesch
The biathlon World Championships bronze medallist is busy preparing to compete on home snow in 2017.