PARALYMPIC AND PARA SPORTS NEWS

David Drahoninsky

Here are the top storylines in the sport leading up to the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

A swimmer wearing goggles laid on his back in the water at the start of a race.

Kokarev shaves more than two seconds off European record and Uzbekistan S13 swimmers break Asian records.

South Korea’s speed skating champion LEE Sang-hwa was appointed as Honorary Ambassador for the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games.

Speed skater LEE Sang-hwa will play a role in engaging public attention to the Games.

Sarai Garcon competes in the Women's 200m Individual Medley SM9 at the 2015 IPC Swimming World Championships in Glasgow, Great Britain.

With 22 gold medals up for grabs, the opening day in Funchal, Portugal, will provide a thrilling start to the swimming European Championships.

London 2017 logo

The new appointments will have a strategic oversight of London’s delivery of the World Athletics Championships.

Prince Harry poses with the USA's Tatanya Mcfadden and Switzerland's Marcel Hug after both won the 2016 Virgin Money London Marathon.

Check out what went on in the Paralympic Movement during April.

World Anti Doping Agency's Logo.

The Report highlights that there was a total of 1,693 ADRVs recorded in 2014, involving individuals from 109 nationalities and across 83 sports.

Swimmers launch into the pool

Big name athletes such as Brazil’s Daniel Dias, France’s Elodie Lorandi and the world’s fastest Paralympian, Ukraine’s Maksym Veraksa, will be in action from 1 May.

Man archer holds bow and arrows

Here are some of the para-archers to keep an eye on as they focus on the target at the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games.

Paralympics Ireland launched the third instalment of their powerful ‘More Than Sport’ campaign.

Keane, who will compete in the upcoming European Open Championships stars in the latest video from Paralympics Ireland.