PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

Alan Oliveira will be out to defend his 200m title at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games

Track star Alan Oliveira and wheelchair tennis player Natália Mayara were amongst the first torchbearers.

Josef Neumaier of Germany

Neumaier forced a tie with Greece’s Sotirios Galogavros entering the final round and left with the victory.

A picture of a woman in the pool with her hand up

Sarah Louise Rung will try for her fourth gold medal in Funchal, Portugal, as part of a group of athletes looking for their next titles.

Collage of five images of athletes in action

The public has until May 11 to vote for their favourite from the five candidates.

Swimmers doing freestyle

New marks for Singapore, Ukraine, Norway, Sweden and Russia in Funchal, Portugal.

A swimmer competes in the breaststroke

Halfway through the seven day long European Open Championships, swimmers will race in the biggest programme with 25 gold medals on offer.

Marc Evers and Scott Quin competing in the Men's 100m Breaststroke SB14 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow

Swimmers will be firmly into their groove and looking for their next medals at the swimming European Championships on 3 May.

portrait picture of a man smiling to the camera

Cho joined the Organising Committee in August 2014.

Representatives from 26 nations attended a meeting in Bonn in May 2016 to discuss a number of subjects regarding the future of IPC Alpine Skiing and IPC Snowboard.

Over three days IPC Alpine Skiing and IPC Snowboard held a Sport Technical Meeting and nations meeting.

the upper body of a female playing table tennis and wearing a pink polo shirt

The top para-table tennis stars get to test themselves ahead of September’s Paralympic Games.