PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

The PyeongChang 2018 full-sized mascots appear on stage in front of a crowd.

The white tiger Soohorang and the Asiatic black bear Bandabi, the official mascots for the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, will make a nationwide promotional tour.

A wheelchair racer leads a line of competitors on a red track.

A one-hour special will document the making of the 2016 US Paralympic Team that will compete in Rio.

Jonnie Peacock, Hannah Cockroft and David Weir.

Headliners at the IPC Athletics Grand Prix final include home favourites David Weir, Hannah Cockroft and Jonnie Peacock

A picture of a man on a podium with a medal around his neck

Aiming for a new world record at Rio 2016, China’s Liu talks training and preparation.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Wheelchair fencing

This Para sport is one of the closest you can get to medieval combat.

Ernst van Dyk

Bilbao, Spain, hosted the third and final leg between 15 and 17 July.

The initiative ‘Paralympian Recognition Programme’ aims to recognise every Irish athlete since the first Paralympic Games in Rome, in 1960.

The initiative aims to recognise every Irish athlete since the first Paralympic Games in Rome, in 1960.

Rachel Morrison

A former cello player, Morrison enjoys unwinding to classical music.

Chui Yee Yu - London 2012

The Hong Kong, China wheelchair fencing Paralympic champion captured gold at the World Cup in Warsaw.