PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Aileen Neilson competes at the Sochi 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.

Only two of the 16 teams will advance to the World Championship 2017.

Brazil's first national Paralympic training Centre

The event will take place at the Paralympic Training Centre in Sao Paulo, between 8-10 December.

Aurelie Rivard - Rio 2016

Olympic and Paralympic athletes and coaches who competed at Rio 2016 were welcomed into the House of Commons by the members of the Parliament.

Lorenzo Perez Escalona

Cuba’s first swimming Paralympic gold medallist is hoping to top the podium at the 2017 World Para swimming Championships in Mexico City.

Judokas, Carmen Brussig and Li Liqing competing for the gold medal in Rio de Janeiro.

China’s judoka won her maiden Paralympic title last September following a win over Germany’s defending champion Carmen Brussig.

The Netherlands' Bibian Mentel-Spee secured her second World Cup win in Aspen and was joined on the podium by teammate Lisa Bunschoten and the USA’s Heidi Jo Duce.

After winning her first World Cup in Landgraaf last season, the Dutch snowboarder aims at repeating that result once again.

Man in sledge holding up a cup

A record 300 athletes from 24 clubs will play at the NHL-presented competition between 17-20 November.

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Fourteen candidates are running for positions on the Para triathlon committee.

German sit skier Andrea Eskau pushing herself forward.

A host of big name stars are expected for the last major competition ahead of the PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games.

Two men in wet suits coming out of the water

The 21-year-old Para triathlete is taking his results from Rio 2016 as a positive step moving forward.