PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Helen Kearney

Get to know the Irish grade 1a rider ahead of Rio 2016.

Panasonic

Seven school finalists were named for the Kid Witness News, with the winners to be named during the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Rio 2016 Paralympic Torch design is white with red, orange circles.

Hashtags related to the Paralympic and Rio 2016 values and sent by social media users around the world will be used to 'light' the flame virtually.

Rio 2016 preview: Men’s 400m freestyle S11

USA’s Bradley Snyder will aim to defend his title from London 2012.

Rio 2016 Preview: Women’s up to 86kg

Egypt’s reigning world champion Randa Mahmoud is the one to watch.

Rio 2016 preview: P3 (mixed 25m pistol SH1)

Norberg, known as “the hot shot,” can live up to his nickname at Rio 2016.

Four Para athletes have been shortlisted for the Allianz Athlete of the Month poll for August 2016: Ekrem Gundogdu, Hannah Cockroft, Mehdi Jemali and Heinrich Popow.

The public has until 6 September to vote for their favourite from the four candidates.

Aerial view on stadium

Surge in interest after success of Olympic Games continues, with nearly 100 sessions sold out.

The USA's David Blair in action during the men's discus F44 final at the 2015 IPC Athletics World Championships  in Doha, Qatar.

The world record holder will make his Paralympic debut at the age of 41 years.

Colombian Coach Jesus Kerguelen

The Colombian aims to raise awareness of Para sports in his country and is hoping to see one of his pupils qualifying for the Paralympic Games one day.