Eight teams from four continents have been awarded the bipartite places for rowing at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Rio 2016
The football star gave blind football a try as part of Paralympic partner Panasonic’s ´Dream “FITA” Project´.
Wheelchair Tennis
The 17-year-old leads the wheelchair tennis junior world ranking and will make his Paralympic debut at Rio 2016.
Shooting
The Olympic Shooting Centre will host 12 medal events between 8-14 September.
Shooting
As one of the youngest female shooters to line-up at the Paralympics this September, the USA’s Mckenna Dahl is aiming to impress.
Cuba
Paralympic athletics champions Durand and Castillo, and London 2012 judo gold medallists Hierrezuelo and Rodriguez are set to shine at September’s Paralympics.
Spain
Under its terms, Samsung will support the Spanish Paralympic athletes whilst they enter the final stages of preparations for Rio 2016.
Argentina
The Argentinian swimming Paralympic team has been announced, whilst Canada named wheelchair fencer Pierre Mainville for September’s Games.
Austria
A 26-member team will represent Austria at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.
Swimming
The German swimmer shined in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB13 in Berlin, setting a new world record time of 1:16.23.
