PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Man during a high jump in a stadium

Argentina’s athletics and Canada’s shooting and wheelchair tennis teams for September’s Paralympic Games have been announced.

Jason Smyth

The team includes three reigning world champions and two London 2012 gold medallists.

Sophie Christiansen

As the last three-star equestrian dressage event in Europe before Rio 2016, competition will be fierce.

Veronika Vadovicova concentrates on her next shot.

The Slovakian Paralympic champion from Beijing 2008 on converting her training scores to competition success.

A swimmer smiles having won gold and set a new world record

After a successful comeback from injury, the British 100m backstroke S14 Paralympic champion is training hard towards September’s Paralympic Games.

View on slopes in the sunshine

Seven experienced coaches will be available to the wider coaching community to answer questions on alpine skiing.

Renske van Beek

Find out who inspires the 2015-16 IPC Snowboard World Cup winner on her road to PyeongChang 2018.

Sprinters on the track

The German T44 sprinter reveals his three favourite musical choices.

Man on the ground. other man jumping over him. Both focusing on a ball

The Ukrainian goalkeeper takes inspiration from his son as he heads towards the Rio 2016 football 7-a-side competition.

Paralympic Sports A-Z: Shooting

A test of body and mind – quite often with conflict between the two – shooting is the ultimate demonstration of accuracy and skill.